He had gathered a general account of the battle from the lips of that young Scottish colonel, who was the only one of the party who was capable of relating it, the others being almost speechless with fatigue, for the road from Rocroi hither is long and rough." "You may well say the young Scottish colonel, cardinal.

He is but a youth, and it is strange indeed that he should already have attained that rank." "He has served for four years under the Viscount Turenne," Mazarin said, "and must therefore have had good opportunities of distinguishing himself.

Still, it is seldom indeed that any save one of royal blood or of the very highest families obtains such a rank so quickly.

Turenne, however, was himself a colonel after less than four years service." "Yes, cardinal, but he had the advantage of belonging to the family of an almost independent sovereign." "Conde said that he had himself asked the young man how it was that he had won it, and he replied that it was solely due to the kindness of the Duc d'Enghien, who had been pleased to consider a small service he had rendered as worthy of recognition.

It is like enough, your majesty, that we shall see his name mentioned in one of these documents.