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So in silence she prayed, night and day, that God would disappoint her fears for Archie, and more than realise his sister's hope for him. Mrs Stirling's visits to the cottage did not become less frequent as the summer advanced, and her interest in Lilias seemed to increase with every visit.
Mrs Stirling's voice startled her at last. "Come into the house, Lilias, my dear. There's a cold wind creeping round the hill, and the ground is damp yet. You mustn't sit longer there." She placed a seat for her in the bright little kitchen. "I won't put you into the parlour, for a fire's pleasant yet, May though it be. Sit down here, and I'll be through with my baking in a few minutes."
In order to cover his light parties, which still hung on the British flank and rear, General Washington advanced six or seven miles, to Quibbletown on the road to Amboy; and Lord Stirling's division was pushed still farther, to the neighbourhood of the Metucking Meeting House, for the purpose of co-operating with the light parties, should the retreat to Staten Island afford an opportunity of striking at the rear.
The school must be given up and she must tell her aunt and Archie; but first she must think of something else, weeding, or herding, or going out to service. Suddenly a new thought presented itself. It would not have won for her much credit for wisdom in the parish, this idea of hers; but Lilias only wondered that it had not occurred to her before. "I'll ask Mrs Stirling's advice.
Stirred alike by pride and fear, he roused from his lethargy, gave orders that an army should be gathered, and vowed to drive the beleaguering Scots from before Stirling's walls. From every side they came, the marching troops. England, hot with revengeful blood, mustered its quota in haste. Wales and Ireland, new appendages of the English throne, supplied their share.
They were walking swiftly onward, their faces to the front. Not one was looking back, and deeming it was safe, Dick crawled out of his hiding-place, and heaving a sigh of relief, he again set out in the direction of the point where Stirling's force was giving such valiant battle to the British.
Edward Henry then remembered that the hoardings had been full of Mr. Seven Sachs for some time past. "They keep on making signs to you," said Mr. Dakins, referring to the occupants of the stage-box. Edward Henry waved a reply to the box. "Here! I'll take you there the shortest way," said Mr. Dakins. "Welcome to Stirling's box, Machin!"
General Putnam must have told General Washington about Dick Dare having carried a message practically through the lines of the British, to General Stirling, during the battle of Long Island, for the commander-in-chief, happening to see Dick the day after the army took up quarters in New York, spoke to him about the matter, and complimented him on having successfully delivered the message, thus probably saving Stirling's force from capture.
I wonder whether the flowers give her as much pleasure, as they used to give me." "I am afraid she does not get so many of them as you used to get," said Graeme. "Come in and let me gather you some," said Charlie. "No, indeed. I should not venture. Though I went in the first time without an invitation. And you dare not pick Mr Stirling's flowers."
"I had a call to-day from that fellow Stirling, who's a delegate from the sixth ward," the candidate told a "visiting statesman" later. "I'm afraid he'll give us trouble. He asks too many questions. Fortunately Dewilliger came to see me, and though I shouldn't have seen him ordinarily, I found his call very opportune as a means of putting an end to Stirling's cross-examination."
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