Though still very weak, he was able to alight at the entrance of the duke's residence, and sent in Turenne's letters to him and the duchess.

Three minutes later the duke himself came down.
"Captain Campbell," he said heartily, "my brother has done well in sending you here to be taken care of and nursed.

In his letters to me he has spoken of you more than once, especially with reference to the manner in which you carried a message for him to the citadel of Turin.
I shall be glad to do anything that I can for so brave a young officer, but I fear that for the present you will have to be under the charge of the duchess rather than mine." The duke was a tall, handsome man with a frank and open face, a merry laugh, and a ready jest.

He was extremely popular, not only in his own dominions, but among the Parisians.

His fault was that he was led too easily.