"For," said he in his note to the
Governor, "if I am obliged to storm, you may depend upon such
treatment as is justly due to a murderer."
Historians have wondered why Hamilton became so excited and acted
so strangely after receiving the note. The phrase, "justly due to
a murderer," is the key to the mystery. When he read it his heart
sank and a terrible fear seized him. "Justly due to a murderer!"
ah, that calm, white, beautiful girlish face, dead in the
moonlight, with the wisp of shining hair across it! "Such
treatment as is justly due to a murderer!" Cold drops of sweat
broke out on his forehead and a shiver went through his body.
During the truce Clark's weary yet still enthusiastic besiegers
enjoyed a good breakfast prepared for them by the loyal dames of
Vincennes. Little Adrienne Bourcier was one of the handmaidens of
the occasion. She brought to Beverley's squad a basket, almost as
large as herself, heaped high with roasted duck and warm wheaten
bread, while another girl bore two huge jugs of coffee, fragrant
and steaming hot. The men cheered them lustily and complimented
them without reserve, so that before their service was over their
faces were glowing with delight
And yet Adrienne's heart was uneasy, and full of longing to hear
something of Rene de Ronville. Surely some one of her friends must
know something about him.
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