noon
At this Breboeuf was surprised , for , as he said to Pierre , there were no Howes at Kenneticook . When the Acadian tried to question Edie more closely , her answers became irrelevant , which was probably due to the deficiencies of Monsieur Breboeuf 's English . Pierre kept indoors most of the morning , as the little one would not let him out of her sight , and he dared not be seen with her . Soon after noon the tide was all ready for a departure , and not behindhand was the fisherman , Marin , with his stanch Minas craft . Marin had brought his boat up the St. Croix and into a little creek at some distance from the fort , because at the regular landing place there were always some English soldiers strolling about for lack of anything better to do . It was with some trepidation that Pierre set out for the creek . The little girl walked between her dear protector and their host , holding a hand of each , and chattering about everything she saw , till with great effort Breboeuf got her to understand that if she did n't keep quite quiet , and not say a word to anybody till they got safely away , in the boat , something dreadful might happen to her Pierre .