I will hand you over to the care of an officer, and, if we march out, you will, of course, go with us." When the men were again dismissed, Colonel L'Estrange rejoined Walter.
"Ginckle has thought better of it," he said.

"I fancied he would not venture to push matters further, for the loss of the one division he can really rely upon would be fatal to all his hope of success to the campaign.

Ginckle is a passionate man, but he is not a fool, and he must have seen that, if the matter had been laid before the king, his conduct would not have been approved.

I don't say that ours is right, in a military sense, but I am sure that public opinion would have approved of it.

The tales that have been circulated, of the doings of the army over here since the commencement of the war, have already roused a very strong feeling of irritation throughout the country." Colonel L'Estrange now took Walter to General Hamilton's tent, and, after formally introducing him, he told the story of the wreck, and of his rescue by Walter from certain death.
"What do you mean to do with him, L'Estrange ?" General Hamilton asked.
"My intention is, unless you see any objection to it, to pass him through the lines this evening.