Willet, Tayoga and he had been so completely victorious over Garay in the forest that perhaps he had underrated him.

Maybe he was a man to be feared.

His daring appearance in Albany must be fortified by supreme cunning, and his alliance with the slaver implied a plan.

Robert believed that the plan, or a part of it at least, was directed against himself.

Well, what if it was?
He could meet it, and he was not afraid.