His situation might be dangerous, but obviously he took no alarm from it.
"You'll bear in mind, Mr.Lennox," he said, "that I'm not asking you to shield me.

Consider me a French spy, if you wish--and you'll not be wholly wrong--and then act as you think becomes a man with a commission as army scout from Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia." There was a little touch of irony in his voice.

His adventures and romantic spirit was in the ascendant, and it seemed to Robert that he was giving him a dare.

That he would have endured because of his admiration for St.Luc, and also because of his gratitude, but the allusion to his commission from the governor of Virginia recalled him to his sense of duty.
"I can do nothing else!" he exclaimed.

"'Tis a poor return for the services you have done me, and I tender my apologies for the action I'm about to take.