"Oh no," she answered; then, in a sprightly way--"are you a governor's son ?" "I wish I were," he said, "for then there'd be a new intendant, and we'd put Nick Perrot in the council." "What is an intendant ?" she asked, "and who is Nick Perrot ?" "Bien! an intendant is a man whom King Louis appoints to worry the governor and the gentlemen of Canada, and to interrupt the trade.
Nicolas Perrot is a fine fellow, and a great coureur du bois, and helps to get the governor out of troubles to-day, the intendant to-morrow.

He is a splendid fighter.

Perrot is my friend." He said this, not with an air of boasting, but with a youthful and enthusiastic pride, which was relieved, by the twinkle in his eyes and his frank manner.
"Who brought you here ?" she asked demurely.

"Are they inside with the governor ?" He saw the raillery; though, indeed, it was natural to suppose that he had no business with the governor, but had merely come with some one.
The question was not flattering.

His hand went up to his chin a little awkwardly.