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I think I am in a position to do this ; will you leave the matter to me ? '' `` I am the person who was injured , and the only one who knows what will effectively right me , '' Lecour answered ; `` He is correct , '' said de Léry . Panet did not push the point further but turned away , and the Chevalier showed the young man out of the house . By noon , the following letter was received to sign -- `` AT QUEBEC , _ the 2nd October , 1788 _ . `` MONSIEUR , -- It is with much pleasure that I consent to grant you the satisfaction you ask . I hereby confess that I have been wrong in spreading the report that you have taken another name than that of your family . I retract it publicly and I assure you in that respect with the greatest frankness that I am fully convinced that the story which led me to commit this indiscretion is absolutely false and unworthy of you .