But here I am, and I'm perfectly satisfied with the past, though I've suffered a good deal in one way and another." By the time Captain Somers had finished his narrative, the party arrived at the camp.

Tom was reprimanded very gently for detaching himself from the main body of the regiment; but when he reported the events of his excursion, as he had safely returned with his command, nothing more was said about his adventure.
At the camp the Union refugee was provided with comfortable clothing; his hair and beard were trimmed down to decent proportions, and he was otherwise purged of the barbarisms of the rebel camp.

But even then he did not look like the stout, hearty, healthy Captain Somers who sailed from Boston in the Gazelle nearly a year before.

He was haggard and emaciated from anxiety and semi-starvation.
Captain Somers was warmly welcomed by the members of Company K, who came from Pinchbrook; and when his physical wants had been satisfied, he was sent to General Hooker, to communicate to him such intelligence as he possessed in regard to the position and numbers of the rebel army.

He remained at the camp but two days, at the end of which time he was sent to Washington, and from there hastened to his home in Pinchbrook.