It is outrageous, indeed, that a young lady of my court should be thus carried off, and I will see that justice is done.

And who is this officer, who has rendered your daughter such a service ?' "'His name is Kennedy, Sire.

He is an ensign in O'Brien's Irish regiment.' "'I will myself send for him,' he said, 'and thank him for having defeated this disgraceful plot of the Vicomte de Tulle.

I suppose you are quite sure of all the circumstances, as you have told them to me ?' "'It is impossible that there can be any mistake, Sire,' I said.
'In the first place, I have my daughter's account.

This is entirely corroborated by the old woman she had brought with her, and whose only hope of escaping from punishment lay in telling the truth.