"Ah, _monsieur_, you make me very sorrowful," I said. "I came out to
Canada thinking to make my fortune, but if what you say be true, I am
more likely to be killed by the English."
"No, no, it's not so bad as that," he answered quickly. "The
governor-general has waked up. It seems that in France they are not
quite ready for another war, but we are charged to make preparations
as rapidly as possible. There is an emissary coming soon from Paris,
who will have instructions for the frontier posts and the friendly
Indians. It may be we can persuade the English to be stupid enough
to revoke this law of theirs. In any case, my Jean, you will have
heard of the Doom Trail?"