He smiled.
Diantre--would not that beast the factor fall into the very devil of a rage when he found how he had been cheated! And yet-- He tried to make his voice quiet and commonplace.
"I am going to send you down to the school at Nelson House again this winter, ma cherie," he said.

"Baree will help draw you down on the first good snow." The Willow was tying a knot in Baree's babiche, and she rose slowly to her feet and looked at Pierrot.

Her eyes were big and dark and steady.
"I am not going, mon pere!" It was the first time Nepeese had ever said that to Pierrot--in just that way.

It thrilled him.

And he could scarcely face the look in her eyes.