He wondered what the day would bring.

The light that came with it would be cheerful and uplifting, but it would disclose their covert, at least in part, and St.Luc might lead both French and Indians in one great rush.
"Better eat a little," said Tayoga, who had returned to the center.
"Remember that we have plenty of food in our knapsacks, nor are our canteens empty." "I had forgotten it," said Robert, and he ate and drank sparingly.

The breeze continued to freshen, and in the east the dawn broke, gray, turning to silver, and then to red and gold.

The forest soon stood out, an infinite tracery in the dazzling light, and then a white fleck appeared against the wall of green.
"A flag of truce!" exclaimed Captain Colden.

"What can they want to say to us ?" "Let the bearer of the flag appear first," suggested Willet, "and then we'll talk with 'em." The figure of a man holding up a white handkerchief appeared and it was St.Luc himself, as neat and irreproachable as if he were attending a ball in the Intendant's palace at Quebec.