I suggest that in return for certain liberties you give me your pledge to attempt no escape until we arrive at the camp of the Marquis de Montcalm." "I can't do it.

Since I've promised you that I will escape I must neglect no chance." "So be it.

Then I must guard you well, but I will not have your wrists bound again.

Here comes an expert rover of the forest who will be your immediate jailer." A white man at the head of several warriors was approaching through the woods.

He was young, lean, with a fierce, hooked Roman nose, and a bold, aggressive face, tanned to the color of mahogany.