"
"How will you send him?"
"To Montreal with an escort of Ottawas. From there he can make his own
way."
I looked down. "Madame de Montlivet may wish to go at the same time.
You must arrange for her also if she wishes."
Cadillac shrugged. "You leave the decision with her?"
"Absolutely, monsieur."
Cadillac rapped his knuckles together. "Don't run romanticism into the
ground, Montlivet."
But my inflammable temper did not rise. "A woman certainly has some
right of selection. Starling says that I forced her to marry me. That
is substantially true. What time do you plan to have Starling leave?"
"As early as possible. I shall not tell him tonight. It will take a
little time to get the canoes in readiness."
"Then I shall see Madame de Montlivet in the morning, as early as
possible. I shall let you know her decision at once, monsieur."
"Montlivet, she will need time to consider."
I shook my head. "She has thought the matter out. I think her answer
will be ready." And then we said good-night.
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHILDREN OF OPPORTUNITY
It was but little after dawn the next morning when I met Madame de
Montlivet in the waiting-room of the commandant.
It was a crisp, clear morning, blue of water and sky.
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