Willet, Robert and the others withdrew softly.

Robert was still influenced by strong emotion.

Did he look like St.Luc?
And why?
What was the tie between them?
The question that had agitated him so often stirred him anew.
"Very old men, when they come to their last hours, have many illusions," said Willet.
"It may be so," said Robert, "but it was strange that he should take me for St.Luc." Willet was silent.

Robert saw that as usual the hunter did not wish to make any explanations, but he felt once more that the time for the solution of his problem was not far away.

He could afford to wait.
"The Seigneur cannot live to know whether Quebec will fall," said Tayoga.
"No," said Willet, "and it's just as well.