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George would approve of; the fact is the town has been 

 uncommonly gay. Our Intendant (Bigot), the young 

 men say, is a galant homme. My mother, with a sneer, 

 says he is un peu trop galant, and that she would 

 rather cut our heads oft, than that we should ever 

 darken the doors of his glittering palace, for such, 

 really he has made the Intendance. 



There seems no hurry for school girls attending balls, 

 either at the Intendance or at the Chateau St-Louis ; 

 though a young French Lieutenant I was introduced to, 

 last week, told me he thought it an abominable shame 

 that grown up ladies, like Clementine and myself, 

 should be debarred the pleasures of la bonne soci4U, 

 even if we should be younger than our appearance indi- 

 cates ; for you must know that I am quite as tall as my 

 mother, though only fourteen years of age. Much of 

 my time, this summer, has been taken up with showing 

 round that handsome English Captain (1), who saved 

 my good father's life just as the Indians were going to 

 scalp him. Ttris captain, as you know, is a prisoner on 

 parole, and has had every liberty to wander about 

 Quebec and the vicinity. Not only is he handsome, he 

 is young and witty ; his repartees would grace a Paris 

 salon, — his daring and courage manifest themselves in 

 his very foot-steps. He is full of prevenances for the 

 ladies, accompanies my mother on the streets, dines 

 occasionally with my father. 



(1) Major Robert Stobo, after three unsuccessful attempts 

 succeeded in escaping from his prison in Quebec, in May, 

 1759. He was a hostage taken at Fort Duquesne in 1755, and 

 brought to Quebec, — where he was to be tried as a spy. He 

 was commander of a Virginia corps. He joined Wolfe's fleet 

 at Louisburg, returned with him to Quebec, and is credited 

 with having shown him the spot where to land and assault 

 the city. Evidently our charming young friend was not proof 

 against the fascinations of the brave, but unscrupulous, Vir- 

 ginia captain. A full account of his adventurous career, 

 appears in Maple Leaves, 1873. 



