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Rh the new nation, was not looked upon as valuable from a military point of view.

At last, however, he was convinced that the present advance of Howe was no trick, but that the British really were preparing for movements in the vicinity of Philadelphia, and accordingly he himself prepared to act.

At this critical moment Robert Dorlon discovered that he had not been forgotten or ignored as he had feared, and that he was once more to return to the region where he had had his former exciting experiences, which not for a moment had been forgotten in the prevailing excitement of the army.