10/27 Two or three hours would be sufficient to gather news of the strength of the force there, and the movements of any bodies of detached troops." "Yes, you should have no great difficulty about that. A large proportion of the population are favourable to us and, being so near the frontier of Hanover, your accent and theirs must be so close that no one would suspect you of being aught but a townsman. We shall march from eighteen to twenty miles a day. That is to say, if you start at once you can be there in the morning; and on the following morning you can bring us back news." An hour later Fergus, dressed as a small farmer, started. |