The problem of his own identity was often before him.

Who was he?
He was sure that Benjamin Hardy knew.
Jacobus Huysman must know, too, and beyond a doubt Adrian Van Zoon did, else he would not try so hard to put him out of the way.

And St.Luc must have something to do with this coil.

Why had the Frenchman really pointed out to him the way of escape when he was a prisoner at Ticonderoga?
He turned these questions over and over and over in his mind, though always the answer evaded him.

But he resolved to solve the problem when he got back to the colonies and as soon as the great war was over.