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"The Manor House at Beaugard, monsieur? Ah, certainlee, I mind it very well. It was the first in Quebec, and there are many tales. It had a chapel and a gallows. Its baron, he had the power of life and death, and the right of the seigneur -- you understand? -- which he used only once; and then what trouble it made for him and the woman, and the barony, and the parish, and all the country!"
"What is the whole story, Larue? " said Medallion, who had spent months in the seigneur's company, stalking game, and tales, and legends of the St. Lawrence.