Again they arrayed themselves with the greatest care, and took their way to the Castle of St.Louis.They found a man very different in appearance and manner from the Intendant, Bigot.

Tall, austere, belonging to a race that was reckoned very noble in France, the Marquis Duquesne was not popular in New France.

He had none of the geniality and easy generosity of Bigot, as he spent his own money, but he had shown a military energy and foresight which the British governors to the south were far from imitating.

While Canada did not love him, it respected him and his boldness, and his daring and foresight had deeply impressed the powerful Indian tribes whose friendship and alliance were so important in the coming war.
The manner of the Marquis was high, when he received the three in his chamber of audience, but it was not deficient in courtesy.

He looked intently at each of them in turn.
"You come, so I am told, from the Governor of New York," he said, "and judging from what I have heard he has chosen messengers who are able to make a stir.