A hundred
men could not have restrained Le Gardeur after that. He became
infatuated with De Pean, and drank and gambled all night and all day
with him at the village inn, threatening annihilation to all who
interfered with him. Today he suddenly left Tilly, and has come
with De Pean to the city."
"De Pean!" exclaimed La Corne, "the spotted snake! A fit tool for
the Intendant's lies and villainy! I am convinced he went not on
his own errand to Tilly. Bigot is at the bottom of this foul
conspiracy to ruin the noblest lad in the Colony."
"It may be," replied Philibert, "but the Intendant alone would have
had no power to lure him back. It was the message of that artful
siren which has drawn Le Gardeur de Repentigny again into the
whirlpool of destruction."
"Aye, but Bigot set her on him, like a retriever, to bring back the
game!" replied La Corne, fully convinced of the truth of his
opinion.
"It may be," answered Philibert; "but my impression is that she has
influenced the Intendant, rather than he her, in this matter.
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