ie A JACOBITE EXILE

“We arrived two days since,” Charlie replied, when the
question was put to him. “Wecame in a ship together
from Revel.”

“Did others come with you?” was next asked at the
general’s dictation.

“No other ship but ours has arrived.”

“But others are coming?”

As Charlie had no doubt that great efforts would be made
to send further reinforcements he replied:

““Many more troops are coming, but I cannot say when
they will arrive.” :

“Will it be soon?”

“That I cannot say, but I don’t think they will come
from Revel. There was a talk of large reinforcements, but
whether from Sweden or from the king’s army, I cannot
say.”

“Are you a Swede?” the general asked.

“Tam an Englishman in the Swedish service, general.”

“We have many of your countrymen with us,” the gen-
eral said. “It would have been better for you had you
come to the czar. See that he is well treated,” he said to
the officers, and then mounted and rode away.