He had acquitted himself well in the New World, in fields with which he was unfamiliar, and these lads were friends.

Danger and hardships faded quite away into a forgotten past.

He was strong and well once more.
"You shall all be my guests at the George Inn!" he exclaimed.

"We shall have refreshment and talk, plenty of both." "As we Virginians are the oldest people in the colonies, it's the right of Stuart and myself to be the hosts," said Cabell.
"Aye, so 'tis," said Stuart.
"As we're from Philadelphia, the greatest and finest city in the country, it's the right of Wilton, Carson and myself," said Colden.
But Grosvenor was firm.

He had given the invitation first, he said, and nobody could take the privilege from him.