"We will bring you news, never fear! We will see all that is to be seen.

Oh, I am glad the day of waiting is over, and that the day for fighting has come!" "Would that I were a boy like you, Colin!" cried Corinne, with sparkling eyes.

"It is hard to be cooped up in the city when there are such stirring things going on outside.

But I will up to the heights and watch for the sight of sails; and you will come back soon, Colin, and tell us all the news." Nevertheless it was a hard task for the eager girl to remain behind when her brother and their three merry friends went forth in search of news.
By this time the English midshipmen were quite at home in their new home, and the blithest of companions for the brother and sister there.

They did much to foster the sympathies of Colin and Corinne for the English cause.