"
"Then fear not, my good boy; we are all loyal as well as he was, and
will never be otherwise. I tell you this that you may safely trust to
us. Now, if the cottage was his, the furniture and property were his
also?"
"Yes, all was his."
"And it is now yours, is it not?"
"I suppose so," said the boy, bursting into tears.
"Then listen to me: your father is safe from all persecution now; he
is, I trust, in heaven; and you they can not touch, as you have done
nothing to offend them; but still they will take possession of your
father's property as soon as they know of his death, and find out who
he was. This, for your sake I wish to prevent them from doing, and
have therefore sent for the cart, that I may remove to my cottage
every thing that is of value, that it may be held for your benefit;
some day or another you may require it. The murder having been
committed in the forest, and I having been a witness and, moreover,
having shot one of the robbers, I have considered it right to send to
the intendant of the forest, to give him notice of what has taken
place within his jurisdiction. I do not think he is so bad a man as
the rest; but still, when he comes here, he may consider it his duty
to take possession of every thing for the Parliament, as I have no
doubt such are his orders, or will be when he communicates with the
Parliament.
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