"I was afraid something might have happened to you.

So I came back just to peep in.

I can't stay, of course; Hamilton would kill me as if I were a wolf.

I can remain but an hour and then slip out of town again before daylight conies.

The rain and darkness are my friends." He had seen Simon Kenton, who said he had been in the neighborhood of Vincennes acting as a scout and spy for Clark.