15/31 I am an old man, and sleep calls to me often. I will join you at supper." "The ladies will be delighted. There is but little here of the life of the court. When we are not guarding against Indians, we are celebrating religious fetes." "Till supper, then, your Excellency." And the governor departed to read the messages from the queen. She had placed all Quebec at the disposal of the marquis in the search for his son. |