"He did some wonderful work.

He was as great a trailer on the water as he is on land.

Now that we are so much stronger, I wonder what St.Luc is going to do." But Black Rifle came in the next morning with the news that the Chevalier and his whole force were gone.
They had stolen away silently in the night, and were now marching northward, probably to join Montcalm.
"I'm not surprised," said Willet.

"We're now too strong for him and St.Luc is not the man to waste his time and strength in vain endeavors.

I suspect that we will next hear of him near Champlain, somewhere in the neighborhood of Ticonderoga.