Of course, it may be sent either to him or to Enghien, but I hope that it will be to Turenne; and I should think so, because from what I hear there is scarcely any army left on the Rhine, and therefore it is probable that the new regiments will all be sent there, as Enghien's force is quite sufficient to cope with any enemy he is likely to meet with in Flanders.

Now, I am going down to the barracks, and for the next two or three hours you can amuse yourself by taking a look at Paris." It was not to the barracks that Hector made his way, but to The Scottish Soldier.
"I did not expect to see you so soon again, colonel.

Your man brought me word that I was not to come this morning, as you would be engaged," the sergeant said when he entered.
"Yes, but our talk was only postponed, sergeant; now I want you to aid me in a matter that I have on hand." "What sort of matter is it ?" "I want to find four good men to take into my service.

The queen has granted me an estate, as if a colonelcy was not an ample and more than ample reward for discovering that ambuscade.

It is the fief of la Villar in Poitou, and the most absurd point of the thing is that with it is a title, and I am now Colonel Campbell, Baron de la Villar." "Well, well," the sergeant exclaimed; "you will be coming and telling me next that you are going to marry a princess of the blood.