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Chapter 17

           Everyfewyardsasheproceededhewaschallengedbythesentinels;buthestalkedsullenlyonward,utterlydisregardingthesummonsofthesoldiers,whoonlysparedhislifebecausetheyknewtheairandtreadnolessthantheobstinatedaringofanIndian.

           Montcalmlingeredlongandmelancholyonthestrand,wherehehadbeenleftbyhiscompanion,broodingdeeplyonthetemperwhichhisungovernableallyhadjustdiscovered.Alreadyhadhisfairfamebeentarnishedbyonehorridscene,andincircumstancesfearfullyresemblingthoseunderwhichhenowfoundhimself.Ashemusedhebecamekeenlysensibleofthedeepresponsibilitytheyassumewhodisregardthemeanstoattaintheirend,andofallthedangerofsettinginmotionanenginewhichitexceedshumanpowertocontrol.Thenshakingoffatrainofreflectionsthatheaccountedaweaknessinsuchamomentoftriumph,heretracedhisstepstowardshistent,givingtheorderashepassed,tomakethesignalthatshouldarousethearmyfromitsslumbers.

           ThefirsttapoftheFrenchdrumswasechoedfromthebosomofthefort,andpresentlythevalleywasfilledwiththestrainsofmartialmusic,risinglong,thrilling,andlivelyabovetherattlingaccompaniment.Thehornsofthevictorssoundedmerryandcheerfulflourishes,untilthelastlaggardofthecampwasathispost;buttheinstanttheBritishfifeshadblowntheirshrillsignal,theybecamemute.

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