It may be that I have had a kiss or two, but all that is far away now.

This is a bolder country than France, Mr.Lennox, larger, more majestic, but it is wild and savage, and will be so for many years to come.

Nor can the rules that apply to old and civilized Europe apply here, where the deeds of men, like the land, are wilder, too." Robert was conscious of some meaning in his words, perhaps a trace of apology for a deed that he had done or would do, but in the mind of young Lennox men's standards should be the same, whether in the wilderness of New York and Canada or in the open fields of France and England.

De Courcelles, thoughtful for a moment, turned suddenly to the man with the violin and cried: "Play! Play again!" The man played quaint old airs, folk songs that had been brought from Normandy and Brittany, and the _habitants_ sang them in low voices or rather hummed them in the subdued manner that seemed fitting to the night, since the black shadows were creeping up closer, leaving only the fire, as a core of light with the dusky figures around it.

During all the talk the Indians had been silent.