"It is more than the richest noble in Scotland could give with his daughter.

My own estate, though small, is sufficient to keep Thekla and myself in ease, and my pleasure in having you with us will be equal to hers.

You would wish, of course, that I should quit the army and return home, and, indeed, I am ready to do so.

I have had more than enough of wars and fighting.

I have been preserved well nigh by a miracle, when my comrades have fallen around me like grass.