The Phantom of Rue Royale by Jean-FranCois Parot

Author:Jean-FranCois Parot
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781906040529
Publisher: Gallic Books
Published: 2011-08-16T19:00:00+00:00

Louisbourg, this fifth of December 1750

Brother

The news of our father’s death has brought home to me how terrible it is to be separated from one’s family and to be forced to rely henceforth on the coldness of a brother whose constant and long-standing hostility towards me is quite unjustified. I hope that time will mitigate a conflict which I have never wanted and which I cannot recall without feeling a genuine sadness.

That being so, I wish to inform you that I am married and have a child, a daughter who bears our mother’s second name, Élodie. Whatever the distance between us, I in New France and you so far away and so little concerned with brotherly feeling, I entrust my niece to you in the event of my wife and myself becoming casualties of the war, which is getting worse. A young Indian named Naganda, whom I took in and raised, and in whom I trust completely, has instructions from me to do everything in his power to ensure that our daughter reaches France.

The last years have been profitable and you have had a substantial share in the success of our business. I intend, one way or another, to leave an indication of my final wishes. Our notary will be informed of them in case I die in the coming events.

Embrace our sisters for me. Remember that I am entrusting Élodie to you. Despite everything, your very affectionate

Claude

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