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in it. Frontenac speaks in the same strain; but says he has to obey a 
superior power, meaning France, and adds that he has had orders from 
the French monarch: 
“To spare no force, nor art, nor cost, nor fraud 
To seize upon the general of the Angians.”’ 
He had expected to find the general among the Angians at the 
gate of the town where they had made such a noble defence. He asks 
Ulamar for information regarding this leader as the other slaves had 
been dumb to his questioning. 
When Frontenac finds that the general of the Angians is before 
him in the person of Ulamar, he can hardly believe that one so young 
could aspire to lead an army; but he says: 
“T see thou hast a soul above thy years 
And that exalted soul must scorn a lie, 
Thou art the general then as thou hast said it. 
Here, take him guards and lead him to his fate.” 
There is then a violent scene between Miramont and Frontenac. 
Miramont claims the promise of Frontenac that Ulamar should be safe 
and free, but Frontenac answers that the sentence of death is not from 
himself but from the French king and that he himself will be ruined if 
he does not obey superior authority. Miramont insists that his own 
honour is involved, as it was because of his pledge that Ulamar had 
delivered up his sword and he declares that he will defend Ulamar with 
his own life. Frontenac calls on the guards to seize Miramont for 
insubordination. Miramont resists the guards and is wounded. Fron- 
tenac is softened when he sees the blood of his kinsman being shed. 
He calls off the guards and gives Miramont hope that his wish will be 
fulfilled. They now turn their attention toward Irene, still present, 
and when the circumstances of the unhappy lovers are made known 
to them, Frontenac and Miramont are greatly moved. Miramont 
intercedes for them, reminding Frontenac that he himself had greatly 
suffered by being torn asunder from those he loved. Miramont further 
argues that it is in the interest of the French king to spare this valiant 
youth and he proposes that Ulamar be asked to forsake the Iroquois 
and attach himself to the French. Frontenac thinks Ulamar too noble 
to entertain such a proposal, nevertheless he makes it, and at Miramont’s 
request gives Ulamar half an hour to decide on his course. 
Irene is left alone with Ulamar, Frontenac naturally thinking that 
she will persuade him to join the French and try to save her husband’s 
life at all hazards. - They are given in charge to the guards. Miramont 
makes this proposal, not that he wishes or expects Ulamar to prove a 
traitor to his adopted country. We learn from an aside that, failing 
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