"Your Excellency will please read the addresses."
The Governor examined the superscriptions one by one, and in silence, while he made his comments in an undertone.
"Mr. L.—It does not surprise me."
"Mr. F.—I shall inquire into it."
"Mr. O.—As likely as not."
"Mr. R.—Must be some mistake. He is too big a fool to take sides one way or the other."
"Mr. G.—His wife will have to decide that matter for him."
"Mr. X.—I'll give him a commission, and he'll be all right."
"Mr. N.—I don't believe a word of it."
"Mr. H.—Loose fish. He was false to France under Montcalm. He may be false to England under Carleton."