CHAPTER V.WHAT WILL SHE DO WITH IT ?.
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George Fournel was the heir to the Seigneury of Pontiac, not Louis Racine.

There it was in the will of Monsieur de la Riviere, duly signed and attested.
Madelinette's heart stood still.

Louis was no longer--indeed, never had been--Seigneur of Pontiac, and they had no right there, had never had any right there.

They must leave this place which was to Louis the fetich of his soul, the small compensation fate had made him for the trouble nature had cynically laid upon him.

He had clung to it as a drowning man clings to a spar.