Then we can decide upon our next step." Robert was too active to stay quietly at the house of Mr.Huysman.

Only their host, Tayoga and he were present at their supper that evening, and, as the man was rather silent, the lads respected his preoccupation, believing that he was concerned with the great affairs in which he was having a part.

After supper Tayoga left for the camp on the flats to see an Onondaga runner who had arrived that day, and Mr.Huysman, still immersed in his thoughts, withdrew into the room containing the great chest of drawers.
Robert spent a little while in the chamber that he and Tayoga had used, looking at the old, familiar things, and then he wandered restlessly outside, where he stood, glancing down at the lights of the town.

He felt lonely for the moment.

Everybody else was doing something, and he liked to be with people.