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"I heard the noise of the battle from within," said Father Drouillard calmly, "and for the first time in my life I prayed that the Bostonnais might win." "If you don't mind, Father, bring the lamp, and let us see the fallen. There must be at least fifteen here." Father Drouillard, holding the light high, walked out upon the lawn with steady step.
Behind came two officers of about the same age, but of lower rank, seeking his favor and giving him adulation. His roving eye traveled around the room, and, resting upon the three guests, became inflamed. "Ah, Nemours, and you, Le Moyne," he said, "look there and behold the two Bostonnais and the Iroquois of whom we have heard, sitting here in our own Inn of the Eagle!"
He lay at ease, and it was impossible to tell what thoughts were hidden behind his sullen face. "Does Tandakora know what the commander of the French army has decided to do?" said St. Luc, at last. "Tandakora is not thinking much about it," replied the chief. "Montcalm is a brave general. He shows that he is not afraid of the great army the English and the Bostonnais have gathered.
The excitement drew a number of people from the neighborhood. Nay, it seemed as if the whole town was ringed about us. "Bravo, Jules!" they cried, "garde-tu la porte. A bas les Bostonnais! A bas les voleurs!" "Damn such monkey talk," said Cowan, facing them suddenly. I knew him well, and when the giant lost his temper it was gone irrevocably until a fight was over. "Call a man a squar' name."
"I did not speak to you, Monsieur Boucher," he said. "But I spoke to you, my young sprig of a Bostonnais." He spoke with truculence, and now de Courcelles did not interfere. The others, hearing loud and harsh words, drew near. Jumonville came very close and regarded Robert with great intentness, evidently curious to see what he would do.
Monsieur Jolivet, who was deeply interested in the Bostonnais and the proud young Iroquois, talked freely. Under his light and chattering manner lay great powers of perception, and he saw that he had guests of quality, each in his own way. The hunter even was not an ordinary hunter, but, as Monsieur Jolivet judged, a man of uncommon intellectual power, and also of education.
Here no "Bostonnais" could reach him, and he could muster war-parties at his leisure. One thing was indispensable. A blow must be struck that would encourage and excite the Abenakis. Guns, powder, and lead were given them in abundance; and Thury, the priest on the Penobscot, urged them to strike the English.
Lawrence we shall build up another France, the New France of America, which will shed light upon you English or Bostonnais down below, and teach you the grace and beauty of civilization." "We should be willing to learn from any who can teach us," said Robert, "and such a willingness I claim is a chief merit of us English who are born in America, or Bostonnais, as you would call us."
"Does the Sieur Destournier throw up his schemes in disgust as well?" "Ah, I think he is wedded to the soil. The Governor trusts everything to him, and Du Parc, and both are capable men. But truth to tell I have lost faith in the colony. I hear the Virginians and the Bostonnais are doing much better.
He felt that while there may have been an undercurrent of hostility when he entered the palace it had all disappeared now, and he was a favorite, or at least they took a friendly interest in him, because he was a new type and they did not think him brusque and rude, as the French believed all Bostonnais to be. And through this picturesque throng stalked the two Indians, Tayoga and Tandakora.
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