In strength you
are superior to de Mezy, and in wind far better. You should have no
trouble with him. Watch his eye and stand for a while on the defensive.
One of his habits, will soon wear himself down, and then he will be at
your mercy."
"You are a wonderful swordsman, Mr. Willet," said de Galisonniere, frank
in his admiration. "I did not think such skill, such power and such a
variety in attack and defense could be learned outside of Paris."
"Perhaps not!" said Willet, smiling. "The greatest masters of the sword
in the world teach in Paris, and it was there that I learned what I
know."
"What, you have been in Paris?"
"Aye, Captain de Galisonniere, I know my Paris well."
But he volunteered nothing further and Louis de Galisonniere's delicacy
kept him from asking any more questions. Nevertheless he had an
intensified conviction that three most extraordinary people had come to
Quebec, and he was glad to know them. Jean de Mezy, count of France, and
powerful man though he might be, was going to receive a punishment
richly deserved.
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