I had some hopes that you might rejoin, for after your last escape I doubted whether any Austrian prison would hold you long.

I am glad to see you back again.
"Ah! it was a heavy loss, that of our good marshal.

None but myself can say how I miss him.

He was not only, as a general, one of the best and most trustworthy; but as a friend he was always cheery, always hopeful, one to whom I could tell all my thoughts.

Ah! If I had but taken his advice at Hochkirch, I should not have had to mourn his loss.
"It was a heavy blow to you also, Major Drummond." "A heavy blow indeed, your Majesty.