And yet, very deep down inside his heart, he was filled with suspicion. WhenDeBar was about to leave the next morning, Pierrot exclaimed:

"Tell m'sieu that I will leave for Lac Bain the day after tomorrow."

After DeBar had gone, he exclaimed to Nepeese:

"And you shall remain here, ma cherie. I will not take you to Lac Bain.I sometimes have had a dream that m'sieu will not go on a journey, but that hehas lied, and that he will be SICK when I arrive at the Post. And yet,if it should happen that you care to go--"