32 OVER ON THE ISLAND "Samuel . . . Samuel . . . Samuel van Hollandt . . . Where in Nimwegen is that boy?" "Coming, aunt . . ." And a pair of little wooden shoes clattered over the threshold. "Is supper ready?" At the age of seventeen, Samuel joined the Dutch army and was on active service for about three years. At the conclusion of the war he came to England and through the influence of the Duke of Richmond obtained a lieutenancy in the Sixtieth Regiment, the Royal Americans . Shortly afterwards he embarked for America with Lord Loudoun 's army. Here, both at Louisburg and at Quebec , Holland served with his friend, General James Wolfe . To him the General gave a fusee and a brace of duelling pistols. The latter, in later years, brought tragedy to the surveyor. His son, Samuel, was challenged to a duel by Captain Schoedde , a brother officer. He wrote his father for advice. In reply, Holland sent the pistols. "Samuel, my boy, " he wrote, "here are the weapons which my beloved friend, General Wolfe , presented to me on the day of his death. Use them to keep the old family name without stain. " But the young lieutenant was fatally shot, and was brought home to Holland House a few days later to die. He was buried in the family plot on the estate. 1759! The most famous battle in Canadian history has begun. Cannon hammer the walls of Quebec . Montcalm and Wolfe face each other on the Plains of Abraham. Quebec is British! To the English at home this fact means something strangely different from what it does to the English soldiers at Quebec . During the next two years the