1
The good understanding between the intendant and the Sovereign Council was absolute.
2
The King spoke and the intendant forthwith transformed his words into action.
3
The intendant himself would not inquire too narrowly whence the child came.
4
The intendant himself would not inquire too narrowly whence the infant came.
5
But in Canada, as the intendant explained, this arrangement was utterly impracticable.