She had avoided as long as she could the question which, on his return from service in the navy, he asked her, almost without warning; and with a touch of her old demureness and gaiety she had put him off, bidding him go win his laurels as commander.

He was then commissioned for Hudson's Bay, and expected, on his return, to proceed to the Spaniards' country with William Phips, if that brave gentleman succeeded with the king or his nobles.

He had gone north with his ship, and, as we have seen, when Iberville started on that almost impossible journey, was preparing to return to Boston.

As he waited Iberville came on..