“Ah, Louis—zat ees a good name. And you?” went on the Frenchman, turning to the young soldier.
“I am Henry Morris.”
“You belong to ze soldiers at Fort Oswego, not so?”
“We do not,” answered Silvers.
“Zen where from you come?”
“We have been up at Fort Niagara.”
“Ah, I see—you help at ze capture of zat place, eh?”
“Yes.”
The Frenchman shook his head thoughtfully.
“Zat was von bad work—zat fight. I no haf been dair, but I hear, yes, I hear it all.”