Lennox afterward. 'Tis a pity that I should have
to waste my steel on a common hunter. I call all of you to witness that
this quarrel was forced upon me."
"Your pity does you credit," said the hunter, "but it's not needed.
'Twere better, sir, if you have such a large supply of that commodity
that you save a little of it for yourself. And as for your attending to
Mr. Lennox afterward, that meeting, I think, will not occur."
A long breath came from the crowd. This strange hunter spoke in a
confident tone, and so he must know more than a little of the sword. De
Galisonniere had just come into the garden, and was about to speak, but
when he saw that Willet was face to face with Boucher he remained
silent.
"Robert," said the hunter, "do you give me full title to this quarrel of
yours?"
"Yes, it is yours," replied the youth, knowing that the hunter would
not be denied, and having supreme confidence in him.
"And now, Monsieur Boucher," continued Willet, "the quicker the better.
Mr. Lennox will be my second and I recommend that you choose for yours
one of three gentlemen, Colonel de Courcelles, Count de Mezy or the
Captain de Jumonville, all of whom conspired to lead a boy into this
garden and to his death.
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