He choked and stammered, but finally managed to say: "I assure you that I don't know--I didn't look--I didn't see--It was too far off for me to--I was some-what excited--I--" "Take him away.

Keep him securely bound," said Hamilton.

"Confine him.
We'll see how long it will take to refresh his mind.

We'll puncture the big windbag." While this curt scene was passing, the flag of Great Britain rose over the fort to the lusty cheering of the victorious soldiers.
Hamilton treated Helm and Beverley with extreme courtesy.

He was a soldier, gruff, unscrupulous and cruel to a degree; but he could not help admiring the daring behavior of these two officers who had wrung from him the best terms of surrender.