was sending against us, in this very cause; but here every thing is English, and Englishmen have the quarrel entirely to themselves.

I do not see how, as a loyal subject of my hereditary prince, I can well refrain from joining his standard." "And would _you_, Dick Bluewater, who, to my certain knowledge, were sent on board ship at twelve years of age, and who, for more than forty years, have been a man-of-war's-man, body and soul; would you now strip your old hulk of the sea-blue that has so long covered and become it, rig yourself out like a soldier, with a feather in your hat,--ay, d----e, and a camp-kettle on your arm, and follow a drummer, like one of your kinsmen, Lord Bluewater's fellows of the guards ?--for of sailors, your lawful prince, as you call him, hasn't enough to stopper his conscience, or to whip the tail of his coat, to keep it from being torn to tatters by the heather of Scotland.

If you _do_ follow the adventurer, it must be in some such character, since I question if he can muster a seaman, to tell him the bearings of London from Perth." "When I join him, he will be better off." "And what could even _you_ do alone, among a parcel of Scotchmen, running about their hills under bare poles?
Your signals will not man[oe]uvre regiments, and as for man[oe]uvring in any other manner, you know nothing.

No--no; stay where you are, and help an old friend with knowledge that is useful to him .-- I should be afraid to do a dashing thing, unless I felt the certainty of having you in my van, to strike the first blow; or in my rear, to bring me off, handsomely.
"You would be afraid of nothing, Gervaise Oakes, whether I stood at your elbow, or were off in Scotland.

Fear is not your failing, though temerity may be." "Then I want your presence to keep me within the bounds of reason," said Sir Gervaise, stopping short in his walk, and looking his friend smilingly in the face.