There I can put on a suit of my old clothes, and bring my uniform out in my valise." "Well, perhaps you might manage in that way, Walter; and I should be very glad to relieve their minds at home, and to know how they are going on.
If you like, you can stop there for a day or two.

I don't suppose that William will be here with his troops, for a few days.

He has learned that our army is not to be despised, and he may hesitate to advance upon Dublin, until he receives certain news that we have moved away, and that he will not have to fight another battle for the possession of the city.
Should you hear that William's troops have arrived in the town, you will of course make a detour, so as to avoid it, on your way to rejoin us; and now I will write a letter, at once, for you to take to your mother." As soon as it was dark, Walter mounted and started for Bray, where he arrived without molestation on the way.

His arrival was an immense relief to the ladies, who had been suffering an agony of suspense since the news of the battle had reached them.

King James's hurried arrival, and panic flight to Waterford, had caused the most alarming reports as to the battle to circulate throughout the country, and by many it was supposed that his army had been utterly destroyed.