[A Jacobite Exile by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookA Jacobite Exile CHAPTER 6: A Prisoner 13/38
But I will not separate you, and will therefore take you all.
You will march in an hour, and I will see that there is a good supper ready for you, at the end of your journey." Colonel Schlippenbach gave Captain Jervoise directions as to the road they were to follow, and the village, at the edge of the forest, where they were to halt for the night.
He then walked away with the king.
Highly pleased with the praise Charles had given them, the company fell out. "Get your dinners as soon as you can, men," Captain Jervoise said. "The king gave us an hour.
We must be in readiness to march by that time." On arriving at the village, which consisted of a few small houses only, they found two waggons awaiting them, one with tents and the other with a plentiful supply of provisions, and a barrel of wine. The tents were erected, and then the men went into the forest, and soon returned with large quantities of wood, and great fires were speedily lighted.
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