He complains of one or two of our ragamuffins having put him in peril of his life, by presenting their pieces at him; but as they limited his ransom to an English penny, I don't think we need trouble the provost-marshal upon that subject.

So, come along, Waverley.' 'Waverley!' said the English officer, with great emotion; 'the nephew of Sir Everard Waverley, of -- shire ?' 'The same, sir,' replied our hero, somewhat surprised at the tone in which he was addressed.
'I am at once happy and grieved,' said the prisoner, 'to have met with you.' 'I am ignorant, sir,' answered Waverley, 'how I have deserved so much interest.' 'Did your uncle never mention a friend called Talbot ?' 'I have heard him talk with great regard of such a person,' replied Edward; 'a colonel, I believe, in the army, and the husband of Lady Emily Blandeville; but I thought Colonel Talbot had been abroad.' 'I am just returned,' answered the officer; 'and being in Scotland, thought it my duty to act where my services promised to be useful.

Yes, Mr.Waverley, I am that Colonel Talbot, the husband of the lady you have named; and I am proud to acknowledge, that I owe alike my professional rank and my domestic happiness to your generous and noble-minded relative.

Good God! that I should find his nephew in such a dress, and engaged in such a cause!' 'Sir,' said Fergus, haughtily, 'the dress and cause are those of men of birth and honour.' 'My situation forbids me to dispute your assertion,' said Colonel Talbot; 'otherwise it were no difficult matter to show, that neither courage nor pride of lineage can gild a bad cause.

But, with Mr.
Waverley's permission, and yours, sir, if yours also must be asked, I would willingly speak a few words with him on affairs connected with his own family.' 'Mr.Waverley, sir, regulates his own motions.