To refuse or to evade would make a breach too soon." He sent for Braxton Wyatt and told him of the letter.

The renegade was startled, but he counseled immediate obedience from motives of policy.
"How could Galvez have known ?" said Alvarez.

"How could the news have reached New Orleans so soon ?" "Perhaps the priest has told," suggested Wyatt.
"No, that is impossible.

He came from up river, and I am glad to say that he left again in his canoe this morning.

Those Capuchins to whom he belongs shall be well punished, if I gain the power in Louisiana.