You had better present yourself at the levee this evening to make your adieus to the queen." This Hector did, and early the next morning rode with his two companies to St.Denis, where the news that the regiment was to march towards the Rhine was received with great satisfaction.

It was now the middle of October, and when, after ten days' march, the regiment reached Epernay, they heard that Turenne had withdrawn his troops from the Rhine, where the Imperialists had already gone into winter quarters, and had stationed them in the various towns of Lorraine.

His headquarters were at Nancy.

Turenne greeted him warmly upon his arrival.
"Matters have been going on slowly since I saw you in Paris.

I have been too weak to fight the Bavarians, who fortunately were too undecided to attack me.