“Who are you?” asked Henry boldly.
“Me? Ah, I am not much, my bold little troopair, I am plain Jacques Volnier, a hunter and trappair.”
“Then why have you captured us?” went on Henry curiously.
At this the Frenchman shrugged his shoulders.
“Because—yes, because we want ze company,” he answered, with a smile.
Henry frowned, and so did Silvers, and at this both Frenchmen laughed at what they thought was a good joke. Then they talked to each other in their own tongue, leaving the prisoners to themselves.
“What do you think they will do with us?” asked Henry, in a low voice.
“Throw us into a French prison, more than likely,” answered Silvers gloomily.
“What did you do with Sir William’s message?”
“Hush! I threw it overboard,” said the other, in a still lower voice.