. The seats of the mighty; being the memoirs of Captain Robert Moray, sometime an officer in the Virginia regiment, and afterwards of Amherst's regiment. ^^<i^*ilv. WITH WOLFE AT MONTMORENCI. 281 come known after I had escaped ; that she would not, forher own good pride and womanhood, keep it secret then ;that it would be proclaimed while yet Gabord and theexcellent chaplain were alive to attest all. Summoned by the Centurion, we were passed on beyondthe eastern point of the Isle of Orleans to the admiralsship, which lay in the channel oif the point, with battle-ships in front and rear, and
. The seats of the mighty; being the memoirs of Captain Robert Moray, sometime an officer in the Virginia regiment, and afterwards of Amherst's regiment. ^^<i^*ilv. WITH WOLFE AT MONTMORENCI. 281 come known after I had escaped ; that she would not, forher own good pride and womanhood, keep it secret then ;that it would be proclaimed while yet Gabord and theexcellent chaplain were alive to attest all. Summoned by the Centurion, we were passed on beyondthe eastern point of the Isle of Orleans to the admiralsship, which lay in the channel oif the point, with battle-ships in front and rear, and a line of frigates curvingtowards the rocky peninsula of Quebec. Then came aline of buoys beyond these, with manned boats mooredalongside to protect the fleet from fire rafts, which oncealready the enemy had unavailingly sent down to ruin andburn our fleet. Admiral Saunders received me with great cordiality,thanked me for the dispatches, heard with applause of myadventures with the convoy, and at once, with dry humour,said he would be glad, if General Wolfe consented, tomake my captured schooner one of his fleet. Later, whenher history and doings became known
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