Cape Town Lens: Image from page 280 of “Canada, the empire of the North; being the romantic story of the new dominion’s growth from colony to kingdom” (1909)

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Image from page 280 of “Canada, the empire of the North; being the romantic story of the new dominion’s growth from colony to kingdom” (1909)

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Identifier: canadaempireofno00laut
Title: Canada, the empire of the North; being the romantic story of the new dominion’s growth from colony to kingdom
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina), 1871-1936
Subjects: Canada — History
Publisher: Boston, London : Ginn and company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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isaster, they dance to their death,thoughtless as butterflies, gay as children, these manikin imita-tors of the French court, who are ruining New France that theymay copy the vices of an Old World playing at kingcraft. Theregular troops are uniformed in white with facings of blue andred and gold and violet, three-cornered hat, and leather leggingsto knee. What with chapel bells ringing and ringing, and bugle NEW FRANCE ON VERGE OF RUIN 245 call and counter call echoing back from Cape Diamond ; whatwith Monsieur Bigots prancing horses and Madame Peans flashycarriage, — Madame Pean of whom Bigot is so enamored he liassent her husband to some far western post and passes each even-ing at her gay receptions, — what with the grounding of thesentrys arms and the parade of troops, Quebec is a gay placethese years of black ruin, and the gossips have all they can do tokeep track of the amours and the duels and the high personagescultivating Madame Pean; for cultivated she must be by all who

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RUINS OF CHATEAU BIGOT covet place or power. A word from Madame Pean to Bigotis of more value than a bribe. Even Montcalm and De Levisattend her revels. Twenty people sup with Monsieur Bigot each night, either atthe Intendants palace down by Charles River, or nine miles outtowards Beauport, where he has built himself the Forest Hermit-age, now known as Chateau Bigot, — a magnificent countrymanor house of red brick, hidden away among the hills with thegay shrubberies of French gardens set down in an American wil-derness. Supper over by seven, the guests sit down to play, andthe amount a man may gamble is his social barometer, whether 246 CANADA: THE EMPIRE OF THE NORTH he lose or win, cheat or steal. If dancing follows gambling, therout will not disperse till seven in the morning. What time is leftof the twenty-four hours in a day will be devoted to public affairs. Montcalms salary is only 25,000 francs, or 00. To main-tain the dignity of the King, the commander in chief must keep

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