She bought houses and lands, and filled her coffers with
gold out of the public treasury, while the brave soldiers of
Montcalm starved for the want of their pay. She gave fetes and
banquets while the English were thundering at the gates of the
capital. She foresaw the eventual fall of Bigot and the ruin of the
country, and resolved that, since she had failed in getting himself,
she would make herself possessor of all that he had.
The fate of Bigot was a warning to public peculators and oppressors.
He returned to France soon after the surrender of the Colony, with
Cadet, Varin, Penisault, and others of the Grand Company, who were
now useless tools, and were cast aside by their court friends. The
Bastille opened its iron doors to receive the godless and wicked
crew, who had lost the fairest Colony of France, the richest jewel
in her crown. Bigot and the others were tried by a special
commission, were found guilty of the most heinous malversations of
office, and sentenced to make full restitution of the plunder of
the King's treasures, to be imprisoned until their fines and
restitutions were paid, and then banished from the kingdom forever.
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