3/30 I had heard that you were the prisoner of our great forest ranger, Captain Langlade, and that you would be received by our commander-in-chief, the Marquis de Montcalm." "He made me a most extraordinary offer, that I go as a prisoner of war to Paris, but almost in the state of a guest." "And you thought fit to decline, which was unwise in you, though to be expected of a lad of spirit. Sit down, Mr.Lennox, and we can have our little talk in ease and comfort. It may be that I have something to do with the proposition of the Marquis de Montcalm. Why not reconsider it and go to France? We have the energy and the knowledge. |