i do have business with governor macarthur ; of course this notion of independence is all nonsense and can not be allowed to stand , but that is not-while certainly your assistance would be convenient if- '' he paused , collecting himself , while laurence steeled himself against the hope which demanded its long-abandoned place , and which he ought to have known better than to indulge : if hammond had brought a mission which any honorable officer of the corps might be asked to undertake , such an officer would have been asked .