The Adventures of Radisson 2 by Martin Fournier

Author:Martin Fournier
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-77186-034-5
Publisher: Baraka Books
Published: 2014-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

Radisson found his other sister cooking in the Jesuits’ big kitchen. He didn’t want to startle the most fragile member of the family and so he stood back in the doorway. She kept her back to him, thinking that a Jesuit brother or father had just come into the room. But after a moment she realized that a stranger was waiting to be seen to and she turned around. She too froze as she thought she recognized her brother. He seemed more mature and headstrong, hardier, more muscular. But he was looking at her with a glint in his eye, as though he knew her. She couldn’t believe it was him, and yet… Suddenly she fell to her knees, her hands joined in prayer, and thanked the heavens.

“Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, and all the saints,” she whispered. “Pierre? Is that really you? My brother?”

“It’s me!”

She picked herself back up. He walked over to her, swept her up in his arms, and held her tight. He twirled her around as Françoise sobbed uncontrollably.

“Thank you, dear Lord. Thank you. It’s a miracle.”

Radisson set her back down. They gazed at each other, their hands clasped. She had changed a lot, he thought. She was now a woman. She was pretty and had a good figure, was less frail than she had been before.

“How are you? Marguerite told me things haven’t been easy around here…”

“Not at all!” Françoise replied, wiping away tears. “Lots of people have died. And we’ve been so terribly hungry. But things are getting better now. And yourself? What happened to you? Where on earth were you? The Iroquois didn’t kill you like the rest?”

Radisson told her of his misadventures, without mentioning his life as a warrior. Instead, he stressed his talents as a hunter, which had meant he had been spared. Françoise sat down with him at the big table and neither spoke much. Being together again, in good health, and filled with the hope of better days to come was great consolation for everything they had been through. They had never been particularly close, but that day the feeling of being reunited as a family was hard to beat.

Soon it was time for Radisson to meet Father Ragueneau, the man whose orders he would now be following. He left Françoise, promising they would see each other very often now, without further explanation.

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