The man who had long worn the King's uniform was now his deadliest enemy; and it is probably true that after this step nothing could have restored the old relations and reunited the British Empire.

The broken vessel could not be made whole.
Washington spent only a few days in getting ready to take over his new command.

On the 21st of June, four days after Bunker Hill, he set out from Philadelphia.

The colonies were in truth very remote from each other.

The journey to Boston was tedious.