Étienne went off with him, and as they passed the paling the child heard them speak of the forest; they had been obliged to put off the rendezvous to the following day, for fear of not being able to announce it in one day to all the settlements.
Étienne s'éloigna avec lui; et, comme ils passaient devant la palissade, l'enfant les entendit parler de la foret: on avait du remettre le rendez-vous au lendemain, par crainte de ne pouvoir avertir en un jour tous les corons.