He was a most gallant soldier, and one highly esteemed by us.

He will be buried with all military honours at Hochkirch, where he has been carried." Fergus was deeply moved.

Keith had been so uniformly kind that he had come to feel for him almost as a father.

He could not speak for a minute, and then said: "Would you ask General Lacy, sir, to allow me to attend his funeral, both as one of the marshal's staff and as a relation, who loved him very dearly?
My name is Major Drummond." "I will certainly ask him, sir, and have no doubt that he will grant the request." He thereupon gave orders that a young officer should remain with Fergus, until an answer was received.

He then rode off, and in a few minutes the rest of the prisoners were marched away.