Beaufort, a roistering trooper.
None of these men could maintain his position for a moment.

The whole country seethes with discontent at the heavy taxation necessitated by the war; Paris, as is always the case when there is trouble in the air, is restless and turbulent.

I have good friends, but they are insufficient to sustain me against the intrigues of my enemies.

The queen alone upholds me.

Truly, the burden is too great for one man to bear.
"You will wonder why I am speaking thus to you, Colonel Campbell, but it is of the greatest necessity that her majesty should know upon whom she can rely absolutely in case of trouble.