"Any reasonable request you make shall be attended to.

I regret that the misfortune of war should have placed you in my keeping; for we Austrians can appreciate bravery, and we cannot but admit that no braver men are to be found than those in the King of Prussia's army.
"As to your rations, they must be plain.

A certain sum is allowed by government for the cost of each prisoner.

I make it go as far as I can, but I often wish that the sum were larger.

I may say that you are permitted to order any additions to your food from without, upon payment; but I need hardly add that the orders must pass through the hands of the officer in charge of you, and that everything brought in is rigidly inspected." "Have there been any exchanges of prisoners, of late ?" one of Fergus's companions asked.
"No.