Surely, Abercrombie was about to advance, and the retreat of Montcalm could not be more than a day away.

De Galissonniere stayed only ten minutes, and then Robert was left to his own devices.

He tried to talk to Tilden, but the hunter lapsed again into an apathetic state, and, having little success, he fell back on his own thoughts and what his eyes might behold.
In the afternoon he saw Montcalm at some distance, talking with St.
Luc and Bourlamaque, and then he saw a man whose appearance betokened haste and anxiety approach them.

Robert did not know it then, but it was the able and daring French partisan, Langy, and he came out of the forest with vital news.
* * * * * Meanwhile Langy saluted Montcalm with the great respect that his successes had won from all the French.

When the Marquis turned his keen eye upon him he knew at once that his message, whatever it might be, was of supreme importance.
"What is it, Monsieur Langy ?" "A report on the movements of the enemy." "Come to my tent and tell me of it fully, and do you, St.Luc and Bourlamaque, come with me also.