"A ship enters harbour," he said, "and its commander sends this letter." An instant after the governor turned a troubled face on the girl and said: "Your counsel of the other day is put to rapid test, Jessica.

This comes from monsieur, who would pay his respects to me." He handed the note to her.

It said that Iberville had brought prisoners whom he was willing to exchange for French prisoners in the governor's hands.
Entering New York harbour with a single vessel showed in a strong light Iberville's bold, almost reckless, courage.

The humour of it was not lost on Jessica, though she turned pale, and the paper fluttered in her fingers.
"What will you do ?" she said.
"I will treat him as well as he will let me, sweetheart." Two hours afterwards, Iberville came up the street with Sainte-Helene, De Casson, and Perrot,--De Troyes had gone to Quebec,--courteously accompanied by Morris and an officer of the New York Militia.

There was no enmity shown the Frenchmen, for many remembered what had once made Iberville popular in New York.