You will help me, won't you, Walter?
It isn't for the men that fight, but for little children, who know nothing about King James, or King William, or the Protestants, or the Catholics, but who are just God's creatures, and are dying of hunger.

No one could grudge food to infants like these." "I will help you, of course, John," Walter said, "if I can; but now, tell me all about it." John then gave an account of all he had been doing throughout the siege.
"And now what have you been doing, Walter?
Fighting ?" "No.

I have not been doing any fighting, except that, once or twice, I was out with the troop, when they had a skirmish with your horsemen, but I kept in the rear.

I hope, ere long, my father will let me enter, but he is waiting to see what comes of it.No.I have been idle enough.

Well, of course, I know all the officers in the cavalry now, and pretty nearly all the officers in the camp, and then, with these constant skirmishes and attacks by your people and ours, there is always plenty to interest one.
General Hamilton has been conducting the siege lately, but General Rosen returned yesterday and took the command; but there's really not much to do.