The colonel received him with the greatest cordiality and welcomed Thekla with a kindness which soon put her at her ease, for now that the danger was past she was beginning to feel keenly the strangeness of her position.
She remembered Colonel Munro perfectly, as he and the other officers of the regiment had been frequently at her father's during the stay of the regiment at Maintz.

The colonel placed her at once in charge of the wife of one of the principal citizens, who upon hearing that she was the daughter of the Count of Mansfeld, well known for his attachment to the Protestant cause, willingly received her, and offered to retain her as her guest until an opportunity should occur for sending her on to Nuremberg, should Malcolm not be able at once to continue his journey to that city.
"That," Colonel Munro said as soon as Malcolm informed him of the extremely important information he had gained, "is out of the question.
Your news is of supreme importance, it alters the whole course of events, and offers hopes of an early termination of the struggle.

There is no doubt that Wallenstein is in earnest now, for he has committed himself beyond reparation.

The only question is whether he can carry the army with him.

However, it is clear that you must ride with all haste to Oxenstiern with your tidings; not a moment must be lost.