I did not see him, for my regiment was at Stockholm at the time, but he wrote me a letter saying that he had been in Scotland to marry and bring back one Janet Black, the daughter of a mercer, whom I remember well enough as an old flame of his.
"He reported that he was doing well, and that the Poles were not bad fellows to live among, though less punctual in their payments than might be wished.

He said he did not suppose that, as a Swedish officer, I should ever be in Poland, unless Sweden produced another Gustavus Adolphus; but if I was, he would be delighted to welcome me, and that anyone I asked in Warsaw would direct me to his shop.
I wonder that I did not think of him before; but that is ten years ago, and it had altogether passed out of my mind, till I saw his name here.

Unless he is greatly changed, you may be sure of a hearty welcome from Allan Ramsay, for my sake.

We need not trouble about the other names.

He will know all about them, and will be able to put you in the way of getting at them." This was a great relief to Charlie, who felt that it would be an immense advantage to have the house of someone, from whom he might expect a welcome, to go to on his arrival in Warsaw; and he was able, during the day, to talk over the prospects of the journey, with Harry Jervoise, with a real sense of interest and excitement in his mission.
In the evening, he again went to the house of the minister.