"You have been as true to me as hilt to blade," said he.

"It was a bold thought and a bold deed." "And what now ?" asked the American.
"I do not know who these men are, and I do not know whither they are taking us." "To their villages, likely, to burn us." De Catinat laughed in spite of his anxiety.

"You will have it that we are back in America again," said he.

"They don't do things in that way in France." "They seem free enough with hanging in France.

I tell you, I felt like a smoked-out 'coon when that trace was round my neck." "I fancy that they are taking us to some place where they can shut us up until this business blows over." "Well, they'll need to be smart about it." "Why ?" "Else maybe they won't find us when they want us." "What do you mean ?" For answer, the American, with a twist and a wriggle, drew his two hands apart, and held them in front of his comrade's face.
"Bless you, it is the first thing they teach the papooses in an Indian wigwam.