The figure dropped lightly to the ground and moved swiftly away.

Then he saw that it was Shepard.
The boy's feelings toward Shepard had been friendly, but now he felt a sudden rush of hostility.

All that Colonel Talbot had hinted about him was true.

He was there, spying upon the Confederacy, seeking its inmost secrets, in order that he might report them to its enemies.

Harry was armed.