He was introduced to the commander in chief by his friend, and told him that you had been acting as Colonel Washington's aide-de-camp with General Braddock, and that you have now gone to join General Johnson's army; so the duke said that, though you would be gazetted at once, and would belong to the regiment, you might as well stay out there and see service until it arrived; and that it would be a great advantage to the regiment to have an officer, with experience in Indian fighting, with it.

I cried when he brought me back the news, for I had hoped to have you back again with us for a bit, before you went soldiering for good.

However, the squire seems to think it is a capital thing for you.

Mr.Wilks thinks so, too, so I suppose I must put up with it; but Aggie agrees with me, and says it is too bad that she should never have seen you, once, from the time when she saw you in that storm.
"She is a dear little girl, and is growing fast.

I think she must have grown quite an inch in the five months you have been away.