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Chapter 16

           "Boy,Ithankthee,"exclaimedtheoldman,rousinghimselffromhisstupor;"youhave,foronce,remindedMunroofhisduty.Wewillgoback,anddigourgravesbehindthoseramparts."

           "Messieurs,"saidMontcalm,advancingtowardsthemastep,ingenerousinterest,"youlittleknowLouisdeSt.Véran,ifyoubelievehimcapableofprofitingbythislettertohumblebravemen,ortobuildupadishonestreputationforhimself.Listentomytermsbeforeyouleaveme."

           "WhatsaystheFrenchman?"demandedtheveteran,sternly;"doeshemakeameritofhavingcapturedascout,withanotefromheadquarters?Sir,hehadbetterraisethissiege,togoandsitdownbeforeEdwardifhewishestofrightenhisenemywithwords."

           Duncanexplainedtheother’smeaning.

           "MonsieurdeMontcalm,wewillhearyou,"theveteranadded,morecalmly,asDuncanended.

           "Toretainthefortisnowimpossible,"saidhisliberalenemy;"itisnecessarytotheinterestsofmymasterthatitshouldbedestroyed;but,asforyourselves,andyourbravecomrades,thereisnoprivilegedeartoasoldierthatshallbedenied."

           "Ourcolors?"demandedHeyward.

           "CarrythemtoEngland,andshowthemtoyourking."

           "Ourarms?"

           "Keepthem;nonecanusethembetter."

           "Ourmarch;thesurrenderoftheplace?"

           "Shallallbedoneinawaymosthonorabletoyourselves."

           Duncannowturnedtoexplaintheseproposalstohiscommander,whoheardhimwithamazement,andasensibilitythatwasdeeplytouchedbysuchunusualandunexpectedgenerosity

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