I was by no means sure that you had got off safely at Hochkirch.

I looked round for you, directly I had been captured; but could see nothing of you, and knew not whether you had ridden off, or had been killed by that volley that finished poor Turk, and brought about my capture." "It was a bad business, major, and I have never forgiven myself that I was not by your side; but the thing was so sudden that I was taken altogether by surprise.

My horse was grazed with a bullet, and what with that and the sudden flash of fire, he bolted.

I had just caught sight of you and Turk, going down in a heap, as my horse spun round; and it had galloped a full hundred yards before I could check it.
"Then I did not know what was best to do.

It seemed to me that you must certainly be killed.