it eventually transpires that larochelle is working for the british as they have captured his ship, and he has a wife. he betrays anne to the british who attack her ship. anne escapes and takes his wife hostage. the british do not return larochelle's ship to him, as they did not capture anne, so larochelle gets a ship of his own to go after anne. in the confrontation that follows, larochelle's ship is destroyed and he is captured.