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"Alas, Will! " whispered Philip, as Captain Trevor approached us, "we are on the wrong track. This man is innocent enough. We have been fooled somewhere."
"And what brings you here, gentlemen? " asked Captain Trevor, shaking hands with both. "Are you on some similar mission to my own? I am taking a troop of horse to Newark -- 'tis my first adventure, Master Dale, since I left you."