Colonel Tavington did not bother us for the following three days. One of those days he was on a raid, and he didn't return until late. Since my door was locked I couldn't watch him as he went to his room, but I still heard him as he walked into it and shut the door. I had been at the desk writing in a new journal I had found in one of the drawers. Now that he was back I knew I should probably go to bed. I got up silently, and moved slowly towards my bed. There was three knocks on the wall behind me.

"He does have good hearing," I said to myself.

I got into bed and fell asleep almost instantly.

I was dreaming about my home when a light tapping echoed around me.

"Eric," I said sleepily," Knock it off."

A door opened, and footsteps could be heard coming towards my bed.

Oh right,I thought to myself as I remebered where I was. I opened my eyes in time to see the Lord General about to shake me awake.

"Oh good," he said," Forgive me for waking you, but Colonel Tavington has something for you and your brother to do, and he would like it done before it gets too late in the day."

I sat up slowly," Let me guess, we have to clean the stables."

"Something like that," Cornwallis said," I had a servant bring up some working clothes for you. After you and Eric do this I would like you to come up here and change, and then the two of you will join me for tea."

"Ok," I said getting confused,"I appreciate your kindness, and all, but why are you being so kind?"

"Goodness child,"Cornwallis said," I'm not going to be harsh on two teenagers just for running from the Colonel."

I nodded," Well I'd like to get dressed now, so if you don't mind."

He left the room. I put on a grey dress and a white apron. They fit me okay. I then went and found my shoes and slipped them on. A knock came on my door. As I was already I opened it and walked into the hall where Eric and Tavington were waiting.

"It's about time," Tavington growled," I was about to drag you out."

I just stared at him.

"Follow me," he said. We followed him outside and into the stables where all the horses except for one had been removed.

"This is my horse," Tavington said," And this is his stall. They both need cleaning. I will be watching you from over here."

He went over to the door and sat down on a milking stool. I looked at Eric and we went together towards the stall.

"I should let you know," Tavington said," My horse doesn't take kindly to strangers touching him. This should make things interesting."

I turned back to Eric," What do we do?"

He looked at the horse and then at me,"I'm tyring to remember what father always said about horses like that."

Out of the corner of my eye I saw Colonel Tavington lean back in his chair. A thought suddenly came to me.

"Scent," I said.

"What," Eric said.

"Father said that sometimes scent makes a horse think that its original owner is the one working on it," I said.

"Yeah let's just waltz up to Tavington and ask to borrow his hat," Eric said sarcastically.

"Ok," I said. Eric made a grab for me as I turned away, but he missed and I walked over to where Tavington sat. He looked at me as I came over.

"Can I borrow your hat," I asked simply.

"Why," Tavington asked.

"So I can show it to your horse, and let him know you're here," I said. Tavington stared at me, but then took his hat from the floor and handed it to me.

"Like that will help you," he said.

I just smiled and went back to Eric," Just hold this up to his snout, and let me take care of the grooming."

"Whatever," Eric said. He went and put Tavingtons hat up to the horses face. I picked up a brush and started brushing the horse.

"I'm so smart," I said. Eric laughed. We got through the grooming of the horse. Tavington called us cheaters when I gave his hat back. I said nothing to him, and went instead to start working on shoveling hay from the stall. It took us only two hours to do everything. Once we were done Tavington took us back up to our quarters and then left to go take his horse for a ride. He was probably going to stuff mud in the hooves for Eric and I to clean later. I changed into a clean dress, and waited outside for Eric to come out of his room. He came out ten minutes after I did, and the two of us went to the Lord Generals quarters for tea.

"Come in," Cornwallis's voice said when Eric knocked.

We walked in slowly.

"Ah there you are," Cornwallis said," For a moment I thought you forgot to come." He sounded a bit nervous. That was strange.

I smiled nervously. Lord General Cornwallis was a kind man, but he was still a red coat, and I don't trust any of them.

"Sit down you two," Cornwallis said," The tea is here."

There were two empty chairs on either side of Cornwallis. Eric seated himself on Cornwallis's right, and I sat on his left.

"Did you get all your work done," he asked in a fatherly tone. We nodded.

"Good," Cornwallis said," I like to hear that you haven't been trying run away."

"We've been under Tavingtons nose the whole time," Eric said. He tried the tea. It seemed to be okay until Eric got a stange look on his face.

"This has a strange flavor to it," he said," like alcohol or something."

"Oh no,no," Cornwallis said," It's a new kind."

Something about the tone of his voice told me he was lying. I noticed that he was looking at me.

"What," I asked.

"You're not drinking your tea," Cornwallis said.

"Oh," I said," I will."

I tasted it. Eric was right. New or not it didn't taste right. A sudden feeling of non-caring started to consume me, and at that point I knew something wasn't right.I would talk to Eric about it later.Meanwhile, I noticed Cornwallis wasn't touching his tea.

"What about you sir," I said trying to sound cheery," You haven't touched yours."

He looked at his cup," I haven't have I?" He took a drink of it.I looked past him and noticed Eric's eyes dropping.

What on earth, I thought as I started feeling a bit tired myself. Then it hit me: the tea was drugged.

There was a knock on the door and O'Hara came in," He's here."His voice was echoing to me. I got up and went to the window. It was him. It was the Ghost. He was the one who killed all those red coats because his son was killed.There was alight thud behind me. Eric had fallen asleep.

"You drugged the tea," I said weakly. My legs gave out, and I knew no more. Cornwallis had known that the Ghost was coming, and I bet he came for Eric and I, so Cornwallis had us drugged to keep us sedated...or just asleep until he left. I knew something was up.