Then said the Chevalier to the boy,
“You alone escaped from the Fort. Did you come direct to the Indians of Satouriona?”
“I fell in with a war party of Tacatacourou. They brought me to the chief village of Satouriona.”
“You saw no other persons from the Fort?”
“Oui, monsieur. There were several men who fled through the swamps.”
“But no women?”
“Non, monsieur. Stay—yes, there were two women who fled by the casement before me and whom I saw in the forest.”
“Do you remember them, Pierre?”
“Oui, monsieur—they were ladies who came upon the Trinity with Admiral Ribault. They were noble, I think—though I do not remember the name,—La—La——”
“La Notte?”