Castin?"
"I had better explain," replied the Count; "it is no secret in
France, and will not long be a secret here.
"This letter, gentlemen," continued he, addressing the councillors,
and holding it open in his hand, "is a pathetic appeal from the
Baron de St. Castin, whom you all know, urging me by every
consideration of friendship, honor, and public duty, to aid in
finding his daughter, Caroline de St. Castin, who has been abducted
from her home in Acadia, and who, after a long and vain search for
her by her father in France, where it was thought she might have
gone, has been traced to this Colony, where it is said she is living
concealed under some strange alias or low disguise.
"The other despatch," continued the Governor, "is from the Marquise
de Pompadour, affirming the same thing, and commanding the most
rigorous search to be made for Mademoiselle de St. Castin. In
language hardly official, the Marquise threatens to make stockfish,
that is her phrase, of whosoever has had a hand in either the
abduction or the concealment of the missing lady.
Pages:
712
713
714
715
716
717
718
719
720
721
722
723
724
725
726
727
728
729
730
731
732
733
734
735
736