Soon after receiving the stable, Bourgeoys departed for France to recruit more women to serve as teachers for the colony. She combined this goal with housing and caring for the "King's Daughters," or "filles du roi", as they are known in Quebec (orphan girls sent by the Crown to marry and create families in the colony) upon their arrival from Europe. Bourgeoys and her four companions were also responsible for interviewing the male settlers who came to the settlement seeking a wife.