"I shall reply to this in person and at, once.

You will be in need of rest, Mr.Hamilton.You had best take a day to recuperate, then follow me to Almeida.

Sir Terence no doubt will see to your immediate needs." "With pleasure, Mr.Hamilton," replied Sir Terence mechanically--for his own concerns weighed upon him at this moment more heavily than the French advance.

He pulled the bell-rope, and into the fatherly hands of Mullins, who came in response to the summons, the young officer was delivered.
Lord Wellington took up his hat and riding-crop from Sir Terence's desk.
"I shall leave for the frontier at once," he announced.

"Sir Robert will need the encouragement of my presence to keep him within the prudent bounds I have imposed.