Will you swear to do that ?' "I said I would swear by the Virgin.
"'Very well,' he went on; 'if you get away safely and swim to shore, make your way without a minute's delay to the French camp at Cap Rouge, and give this letter to the general.

It is a matter of the most extreme importance.' "This is the letter, general." He handed a small piece of paper, tightly folded up, to Bougainville, who opened it, and read it by the light of the candle.
He gave a sharp exclamation.
"Quick!" he exclaimed.

"Come along to the tent of the prisoners.

I am warned that the capture was a ruse, and that the military officer is a spy, whose object here is to discover a landing place.

He is to escape the first opportunity." The three men at once ran out from the tent.