Young Captain Louis de Galisonniere solved the problem, arriving just after breakfast with a note addressed to Mr.Robert Lennox, which proved to be an invitation for all three of them from Monsieur Francois Bigot, Intendant of Canada, to attend a dinner given by him that evening at his palace.

The letter was full of polite phrases.

The Intendant had heard of young Mr.Lennox's surpassing skill with the sword, and of his success with Count Jean de Mezy, who wielded a good blade himself.

But neither the Intendant nor those associated with him bore any ill will.
It was well known that Mr.Lennox was accredited with letters to the Marquis Duquesne, but in the absence of the Governor General it would be the pleasure of the Intendant to show courtesy to the messenger of the Governor of the Province of New York and his comrades.
It was a full and abounding letter, swarming with polite phrases, and it appealed to Robert.

Bigot might be corrupt, but he belonged to the great world, and Robert felt that since he had come to Quebec he ought to see the Intendant, his palace and what was done within its walls.