Oh, as I tell you, I, Charles Langlade, take note of all things.
You are a prisoner of importance.

I would not give you to Tandakora, because he would burn you, and a man does not burn valuable goods.

I would not send you to St.Luc, because, being a generous man, he might take some foolish notion to exchange you, or even parole you.

I would not give you to the Marquis Duquesne at Quebec, because then I might lose my pawn in the game, and, in any event, the Marquis Duquesne is retiring as Governor General of New France." "Is that true?
I have met him.

He seemed to me to be a great man." "Perhaps he is, but he was too haughty and proud for the powerful men who dwelt at Quebec, and who control New France.