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The Pontiac Manuscript
going on here, he resolved to make himself useful to the English officers, under pretense that he could speak a little English, and hoped in this way to find a chance to pass the gate. For this purpose he tried to secure the influence of an English merchant, to whom he reported all that the other Frenchmen spoke amongst themselves; but the merchant, who had had several conversations with him, in which he had sounded him and knew him to be a knave and a traitor to his country, would not present him to the commander. Luneau, such was the name of the Frenchman, seeing that the merchant would not listen to him and that he could not succeed by his help, employed the influence of a young lady, who had access to the English officers. ' This young lady, whose name was Mademoiselle des Rivieres, proposed him to the commander, and turned his talents to account by saying that he could speak English.
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