"You declare yourself to be under my command?"
"Yes, Toussaint; you are my general."
"Well, then, I appoint you to the duty of remaining here, with a troop,
to guard my family (who are coming in a few hours), and this estate. I
have some hopes of doing what I want at Cap without striking a blow; and
you will be better here. You hate the whites too much to like my
warfare. Farewell, Therese! Jacques, follow me, to receive your
troop."