I waited,
however, until they should be grown up to an age when
the heart of the parent would be more likely to mourn
their loss; and then I was determined my vengeance should
be complete.
"Circumstances singularly favoured my design. Many years
afterwards, the regiment formed one of the expedition
against Quebec under General Wolfe. They were commanded
by your father, who, in the course of promotion, had
obtained the lieutenant-colonelcy; and I observed by the
army list, that a subaltern of the same name, whom I
presumed to be his eldest son, was in the corps. Here
was a field for my vengeance beyond any I could have
hoped for. I contrived to pass over into Cornwall, the
ban of outlawry being still unrepealed; and having procured
from my brother a sum sufficient for my necessities, and
bade him an eternal farewell, embarked in a fishing-boat
for the coast of France, whence I subsequently took a
passage to this country. At Montreal I found the French
general, who gladly received my allegiance as a subject
of France, and gave me a commission in one of the provincial
corps that usually served in concert with our Indian
allies.
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