You must temper courage with caution.

You will be of no use to our cause unless you come back.
And, Harry, you are your father's son; I want to see you come back for your own sake, too.

Good-bye, your horse will be waiting." Harry quickly made ready.

St.Clair and Langdon, burning with curiosity, besieged him with questions, but he merely replied that he was riding on an errand for Colonel Talbot.

He did not know when he would come back, but if it should be a long time they must not forget him.
"A long time ?" said St.Clair.