As the captain himself would not be able to move for some time, Jack and Graham said adieu to him and posted to Turin, where the earl had told them that he should go direct from Leghorn.
They arrived before him, but twenty-four hours after they had reached the capital of Savoy the earl arrived.

He had already heard rumors of the desperate fight between the Resolution and the enemy, and that his son had been wounded.

His aides de camp were now able to assure him that, although serious, Captain Mordaunt's wounds were not likely to be fatal, and Peterborough was delighted with the narrative of the gallant achievement of his son.

Shortly afterward an imperative order for his return reaching the earl, he set out for England through Germany with his two aides de camp.

Peterborough was suffering from illness caused by the immense exertions he had made through the campaign, and traveled but slowly.