Yet the next minute he was the soldier and the general all over, as he seated himself at table and proceeded to discuss the situation of affairs with the Abbe and his hostess.
"My policy," he explained to them, "will be one of defence, not of attack.

What we must set ourselves to do is to prevent any landing of English troops upon the north bank of this river anywhere near the city.

I had thought at first of making the Plains of Abraham, behind the city, the basis of my encampment.

But this, as you know, has been given up, and the north bank of the river, through Beauport and right away to the river and falls of the Montmorency, has been selected.
"When you are sufficiently recovered, my friend, I should like to take you to see our position.

Our right rests upon the St.Charles, our left upon the Montmorency.