Yet hostility must not be read too quickly into Montmagny's action.
With M. de Montmagny there arrived a convoy of forty-five colonists—a notable increase.
The king ordered M. de Montmagny to promulgate these letters.
In spite of de Maisonneuve's firm resolution, Montmagny still hoped to win him over.
The governor of Montreal knew that Montmagny had exceeded his power, but it was not then the time to provoke an open quarrel.
