"Oh, Rigaud, what a day of sorrow this is!" exclaimed the Governor
to De Vaudreuil, on their return to the Castle of St. Louis. "What
a bloody and disgraceful event to record in the annals of New
France!"
"I would give half I have in the world could it be forever blotted
out," replied De Vaudreuil. "Your friend, Herr Kalm, has left us,
fortunately, before he could record in his book, for all Europe to
read, that men are murdered in New France to sate the vengeance of a
Royal Intendant and fill the purses of the greatest company of
thieves that ever plundered a nation."
"Hark, Rigaud! do not say such things," interrupted the Governor; "I
trust it is not so bad as that; but it shall be seen into, if I
remain Governor of New France. The blood of the noble Bourgeois
shall be requited at the hands of all concerned in his assassination.
The blame of it shall not rest wholly upon that unhappy Le Gardeur.
We will trace it up to its very origin and fountain-head."
"Right, Count; you are true as steel. But mark me! if you begin to
trace this assassination up to its origin and fountain-head, your
letters of recall will be despatched by the first ship that leaves
France after the news reaches Versailles.
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