{"product_id":"2940013693340","title":"The Power and the Glory","description":"High above the St. Lawrence stood Louis, Count Frontenac alone, soon\u003cbr\u003eafter his arrival at Quebec as Governor. From a window of the Château\u003cbr\u003eSt. Louis he was looking across the vast stream which is more renowned\u003cbr\u003ethan any other in that hemisphere. As his eyes scanned the immense flood\u003cbr\u003eand saw the exquisite coloring of the foliage on the farther shore in the\u003cbr\u003ebright sunlight, his cheek flushed with admiration. He was now fifty-two,\u003cbr\u003ebut in years only. His mind was twenty-five, his body framed to endure\u003cbr\u003ehardships and trials, and these were before him in immense degree.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs looking out he dreamed big dreams--he had a fiery, eloquent soul\u003cbr\u003efull of imagination and temperament--and compared his humble court with\u003cbr\u003ethat of Louis XIV, where he had so much been, grim humor came to his\u003cbr\u003eeye. He could not feel he had mistaken his course. He was poorly paid,\u003cbr\u003ebut the destiny of this unknown land had entered into his bones, and\u003cbr\u003eit remained there till the end of his powerful career in Canada, where\u003cbr\u003ehe yielded up his breath to the suspirations of millions yet to come\u003cbr\u003eof another race, but bound to him as the skin is to the flesh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere were not so very many homes in tower Town far below the cliffs\u003cbr\u003ewhere was the Château St. Louis, but people were moving about briskly,\u003cbr\u003eand there came to Frontenac's ears the refrain of a song:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"In Heaven there is a dance,\u003cbr\u003e       Alleluia!\u003cbr\u003e   All the young Virgins danced,\u003cbr\u003e   Benedicamus Domino,\u003cbr\u003e       Alleluia! Alleluia!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   It is for you and me,\u003cbr\u003e       Alleluia!\u003cbr\u003e   We dance like the young Virgins,\u003cbr\u003e   Benedicamus Domino\u003cbr\u003e       Alleluia! Alleluia!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese were only two of many verses, but the eyes of the Governor\u003cbr\u003elighted, for they were the spirit of the place; at the same time\u003cbr\u003ethere was the ringing of bells in the towers of the cathedral, and\u003cbr\u003earound the Bishop's palace came people eager for the blessing of\u003cbr\u003eLaval, the Bishop of Quebec, poor, unhandsome, but a power always.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Lower Town there came the words of another song, that of the\u003cbr\u003eFête of St. Anne:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"Now is the Fête of St. Anne,\u003cbr\u003e     Eh! courage, hurrah!\u003cbr\u003e   Already at the bell one struts about,\u003cbr\u003e     Eh! courage, hurrah! sa, sa!\u003cbr\u003e   Eh! courage, hurrah!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe air was so clear that the Governor could hear the words floating\u003cbr\u003eup the cliffside to the Château from which could be seen Upper and\u003cbr\u003eLower Town; and through it all there came the steady tramp, tramp of\u003cbr\u003efeet of soldiers near the citadel. Frontenac closed his eyes and he\u003cbr\u003eheard the footfalls of soldiers in his beloved France and other lands\u003cbr\u003ewhere he had led them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis lips moved, speaking to himself, then he opened his eyes again.\u003cbr\u003eHe now saw a canoe approach the shore hundreds of feet below, and a\u003cbr\u003efigure issue from it and begin to climb the hill leading to his\u003cbr\u003eChâteau St. Louis. Somehow this figure fitted in with his late\u003cbr\u003edreaming. It belonged to one who knew the life of Canada,--bold,\u003cbr\u003estrong, in tattered clothes, as though he had come a long distance,\u003cbr\u003ewith rugged, dauntless air, and yet with a curious union of triumph\u003cbr\u003eand tragedy. Presently he lost sight of the man, and turned to his desk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs he did so, the door opened and his orderly announced:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Le Sieur de la Salle!\"","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068911567088,"sku":"2940013693340","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013693340_p0.jpg?v=1763584458","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013693340","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}