Then I may mention the matter to Major Jervoise ?" "Certainly, Carstairs, and to his son, but it must go no farther.

I shall put your name in orders, as relieved from duty, and shall mention that you have been despatched on service, which might mean anything.

Come and see me tomorrow, lad, after you have received Count Piper's instructions.

As the king reminded me, there are many Scotchmen at Warsaw, and it is likely that some of them passed through Sweden on the way to establish themselves there, and I may very well have made their acquaintance at Gottenburg or Stockholm.
"Once established in the house of one of my countrymen, your position would be fairly safe and not altogether unpleasant, and you would be certainly far better off than a Swede would be engaged on this mission.

The Swedes are, of course, regarded by the Poles as enemies, but, as there is no feeling against Englishmen or Scotchmen, you might pass about unnoticed as one of the family of a Scottish trader there, or as his assistant." "I don't fear its being unpleasant in the least, colonel.