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Impressive was the Manoir, with its cool shades and air of erect lordliness, its solemn grey walls and pinnacled gables, the beautiful depressed arch of its front door; and its dream-like foreground of river mirroring its majestic guard of pines. "I knew," said Chrysler, "that you had your seigniories in Quebec, and some sort of a feudal history, far back, but I never dreamed of such seats."
"The gentleman will not walk!" shrilly protested highly-pleased mater familias. "Go François," turning to young Le Brun: "row Monsieur to the Manoir, you and Mr. Cuiller. Take the rose chaloupe, and Josephte shall go too." Chrysler made a very admirable guest.
"That is our firmly-persuaded future!" asserted the young man, De La Lande, eagerly and boldly. "The Curé of Colonization has demonstrated that it is possible. We shall reconquer the continent!" "Is it your view?" Chrysler asked of Chamilly. "I instance it," he returned, "because it shows that my people are capable of thinking high."
But one of Walter Butler's painted Tories spies it and bawls out: 'This also will grow to be a rebel! And with that he speared the little smiling creature on his bayonet, tossed it, and caught it Oh, Euan Euan!" Shuddering, she flung her arm across her face as though to shut out the vision. "That villainy," said I, "was done by Newberry or Chrysler, if I remember.
We must deliberately mark out our work on this principle; and if we do not work upon it we had better not exist." Then Haviland related to Chrysler freely and fully the comprehensive plan which he had worked out for the building of the nation. "First of all," he said, "as to ourselves, there are certain things we must clearly take to mind before we begin:"
Once thus Chrysler met Libergent driving Grandmoulin in a "buck-board," while another person sat in the back seat. "Chrysler! Chrysler! Listen!" exclaimed the person in the back seat. Chrysler recognized an Ottawa acquaintance. "De Bleury! how do you do!" De Bleury put his hand on the reins to stop the vehicle: "Come up here, Chrysler, we go past the Manoir." "Thank you, I enjoy walking."
I propose a clear ideal for them a vision of what Canada ought to be and do; towards which they can look, and feel that every move of progress adds a definite stage to a definite and really worthy edifice." "The-oretical" Chrysler murmured slowly, shaking his head. "For a man, but not for a People!" the young Member cried. Both were silent some moments.
Meantime the knock sounded once more and pair of heavy steps came up the stairs, and tramped towards them; and some indefinable recognition of the heavy tread came vaguely to Chrysler. The steps stopped, the note was withdrawn, the tread sank away down the stairs, and De Bleury, rollicking with suppressed laughter, opened the door. "You have overseen a ceremony of the Freemasons," he said. "Truly.
Short blue blouse, little cap and flat-bottomed boat, the appearance of the figure at that hour made one with the drifting mists and rural strangeness of the landscape, and Chrysler knew it was Le Brun, and remarked so to Haviland. "Without doubt, Bonhomme is part of nature and unmistakable Hola Bonhomme!"
"When yellow-locked and crystal-eyed, I dreamed green woods among * O, then the earth was young" When Chrysler went up to his bedchamber he found the following on a table between two candles: Narrative of Chamilly d'Argentenaye Haviland.
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