He, too, was stiff and cold; but, a born woodsman, he now dismissed their long hiding in the water as only an incident.

The two reached the precious rifles and ammunition, drew them forth from concealment, and stepped upon the bank, rivulets pouring from their clothing, and even their hair.
"I think we'd better go back on our own trail now," said Henry.

"The war party has passed on, and is still looking for us far ahead." "We've got to dry ourselves, and somehow or other get that powder to Marlowe," said Paul.
"That's so," said Henry.

"We came to do it, and we will do it." He spoke with quiet emphasis, but Paul knew that he meant to perform what he had set out to do, come what might, and Paul was willing to go with him through anything.

Neither would abandon the great task of helping to save Kentucky.