41/59 See, he has been with Roxburghe too.... We have a spy before us, gentlemen, delivered to our hands by a happy incident. Whig among the sectaries and with Stair and Roxburghe, and Jacobite among our poor honest folk, and wheedling the secrets out of both sides to sell to one who disposes of them at a profit in higher quarters. An honest Whig like John Argyll I can respect and fight, but for such rats as this--What shall we do with it now that we have trapped it ?" "Let it go," said the boy, Nick Wogan. |