It is worthy of the huckster who sought to
haggle with us about our share, and to beat us down after the
articles pledging you were already signed. If I am wrong - let
M. de Cussy say so. If I am wrong, let me be proven wrong, and I
will beg your pardon. Meanwhile, monsieur, I withdraw from this
council. I will have no further part in your deliberations. I
accepted the service of the King of France with intent to honour
that service. I cannot honour that service by lending countenance
to a waste of life and resources in raids upon unimportant
settlements, with plunder for their only object. The responsibility
for such decisions must rest with you, and with you alone. I desire
M. de Cussy to report me to the Ministers of France. For the rest,
monsieur, it merely remains for you to give me your orders. I await
them aboard my ship - and anything else, of a personal nature, that
you may feel I have provoked by the terms I have felt compelled to
use in this council. M. le Baron, I have the honour to wish you
good-day.
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