Father Drouillard gazed at it, and his face darkened.

Presently he arose and shook his hand towards the house, as if he were delivering a curse.
"The chateau that you see belongs to the young Count Jean de Mezy, a friend of the Intendant, Bigot.

Sometimes they come from their revels at Beaumanoir to the Chateau de Mezy, and continue them there.

Now you can see why Father Drouillard, who sympathizes with our _honnetes gens_, delivers his malediction." The priest returned to his seat, and averted his face.

An hour later the mighty rock of Quebec rose before them..