18/25 He is a soldier above all things. It seems hard on me, but I cannot blame him for snatching at an opportunity to win military distinction. He is in treaty for the post of aide to the Colonel--the General of the English contingent bound for Spain, for the cause of the Queen. My husband will undertake to be at the orders of his chief as soon as he can leave this place. Janey goes with him, according to present arrangements.' Passing through a turnstile, that led from the road across a meadow-slope to the broken land below, Henrietta had view of the earl's hard white face, and she hastened to say: 'You have altered that, my lord. |