Below is a first-hand account by then Captain John.

"Captain John," the patrol leader said, "we thought you were dead."

"I wouldn't ask her to act, if you'll allow me to say so," said Captain John, in his quiet way.

Come open the door for me, then seek out Captain John.

Captain John and Treesa have already said they are staying here.

"It was very natural there," Captain John recalled recently.

Glenarvan and Captain John trotted along without speaking, but they understood each other.

But Captain John knew which way the wind was blowing and tried the diamond tack.

When Captain John arrives, the girls discover he has lost one leg in the war.

"Captain John was old even when he was young," Amos said.