but now the youngest captain in the fleet, only twenty-four.
Wolfe and Jervis had both been at the same school at
Greenwich, Swinden's, though at different times, and they
were great friends. Wolfe had made up a sealed parcel of
his notebook, his will, and the portrait of Katherine
Lowther, and he now handed it over to Jervis for safe
keeping.

But he had no chance of talking about old times at home,
for just then a letter from the three brigadiers was
handed in. It asked him if he would not give them 'distinct
orders' about 'the place or places we are to attack.' He
wrote back to the senior, Monckton, telling him what he
had arranged for the first and second brigades, and then,
separately, to Townshend about the third, which was not
with Holmes but on the south shore. After dark the men
from the island and the Point of Levy had marched up to
join this brigade at Etchemin, the very place where Wolfe
had made his plan on the 10th, as he stood and looked at
the Foulon opposite.

His last general orders to his army had been read out
some hours before; but, of course, the Foulon was not
mentioned. These orders show that he well understood the
great issues he was fighting for, and what men he had to
count upon. Here are only three sentences; but how much
they mean! 'The enemy's force is now divided. A vigorous
blow struck by the army at this juncture may determine
the fate of Canada. The officers and men will remember
what their country expects of them.' The watchword was