You must not judge him, in the slightest degree, by what he now is.

He has a great deal on his mind, and has, so it is whispered, no small trouble in keeping the peace between Vendome and Burgundy.

The failure, too, of the expedition to Scotland must have greatly disappointed him, and I have no doubt he expected to be put at the head of any French army sent over to place James upon the throne.

However, he may congratulate himself now that he was not with it, for no honour and no gain has been earned by any concerned in it." "That certainly is so," Desmond agreed.

"It was a mismanaged affair altogether.