"What's his business here, and why comes he with the other rogue?
He would speak with your excellency, I doubt not," he added.
Colonel Nicholls turned to Iberville.

"You shall have your way," he said.

"Yon renegade was useful when we did not know what sudden game was playing from Chateau St.Louis; for, as you can guess, he has friends as faithless as himself.

But to please your governor, I will proclaim him." He took his stick and tapped the floor.

Waiting a moment, he tapped again.