I have never for a moment thought of, or even wished that I might some day become lord of a fair estate and a noble of France.

I had not ventured to hope that I might become colonel of a regiment for another fifteen years.

Both these things have, thanks to the kind appreciation of her majesty and yourself for a very simple act of duty, fallen to me.

If I might ask a boon, it would be that my regiment may be sent to join the force of Marshal Turenne.

So long as there was danger here I should not have wished to be removed from a position where I might be of some assistance, however slight, to the queen and yourself, but now that all danger is at an end I should be glad to return to active duty.