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"
We
have
a
wise
ordinance
in
our
Salique
laws
,
which
says
,
'
The
crown
of
France
shall
never
degrade
the
lance
to
the
distaff
,
'
"
said
Montcalm
,
dryly
,
and
with
a
little
hauteur
;
but
instantly
adding
,
with
his
former
frank
and
easy
air
,
"
as
all
the
nobler
qualities
are
hereditary
,
I
can
easily
credit
you
;
though
,
as
I
said
before
,
courage
has
its
limits
,
and
humanity
must
not
be
forgotten
.
I
trust
,
monsieur
,
you
come
authorized
to
treat
for
the
surrender
of
the
place
?
"
"
Has
your
excellency
found
our
defence
so
feeble
as
to
believe
the
measure
necessary
?
"
"
I
should
be
sorry
to
have
the
defence
protracted
in
such
a
manner
as
to
irritate
my
red
friends
there
,
"
continued
Montcalm
,
glancing
his
eyes
at
the
group
of
grave
and
attentive
Indians
,
without
attending
to
the
other
's
question
;
"
I
find
it
difficult
,
even
now
,
to
limit
them
to
the
usages
of
war
.
"
Heyward
was
silent
;
for
a
painful
recollection
of
the
dangers
he
had
so
recently
escaped
came
over
his
mind
,
and
recalled
the
images
of
those
defenceless
beings
who
had
shared
in
all
his
sufferings
.
"
Ces
messieurs-là
,
"
said
Montcalm
,
following
up
the
advantage
which
he
conceived
he
had
gained
,
"
are
most
formidable
when
baffled
:
and
it
is
unnecessary
to
tell
you
with
what
difficulty
they
are
restrained
in
their
anger
.
Eh
bien
,
monsieur
!
shall
we
speak
of
the
terms
?
"
"
I
fear
your
excellency
has
been
deceived
as
to
the
strength
of
William
Henry
,
and
the
resources
of
its
garrison
!
"
"
I
have
not
sat
down
before
Quebec
,
but
an
earthen
work
,
that
is
defended
by
twenty-three
hundred
gallant
men
,
"
was
the
laconic
reply
.
"
Our
mounds
are
earthen
,
certainly
--
nor
are
they
seated
on
the
rocks
of
Cape
Diamond
;
but
they
stand
on
that
shore
which
proved
so
destructive
to
Dieskau
and
his
army
.
There
is
also
a
powerful
force
within
a
few
hours
'
march
of
us
,
which
we
account
upon
as
part
of
our
means
.
"
"
Some
six
or
eight
thousand
men
,
"
returned
Montcalm
,
with
much
apparent
indifference
,
"
whom
their
leader
wisely
judges
to
be
safer
in
their
works
than
in
the
field
.
"
It
was
now
Heyward
's
turn
to
bite
his
lip
with
vexation
,
as
the
other
so
coolly
alluded
to
a
force
which
the
young
man
knew
to
be
overrated
.
Both
mused
a
little
while
in
silence
,
when
Montcalm
renewed
the
conversation
,
in
a
way
that
showed
he
believed
the
visit
of
his
guest
was
solely
to
propose
terms
of
capitulation
