His excellency greeted his young visitor courteously, yet with hauteur.
"You bring strange comrades to visit your governor, Monsieur Iberville," he said.
"Comrades in peace, your excellency, comrades in war." "What war ?" "The king makes war against the coureurs du bois.

There is a price on the heads of Perrot and Du Lhut.

We are all in the same boat." "You speak in riddles, sir." "I speak of riddles.

Perrot and Du Lhut are good friends of the king.
They have helped your excellency with the Indians a hundred times.

Their men have been a little roystering, but that's no sin.