A CONFESSION 358
When, years afterwards, the young Pretender marched
south with the Highland clans, neither Charlie nor Harry
were among the gentlemen who joined him. He had their
good wishes, but having served in the British army they
felt that they could not join the movement in arms against
the British crown; and indeed the strong Jacobite feel-
ings of their youth had been greatly softened down by
their contact with the world, and they had learned to
doubt much whether the restoration of the Stuarts would
tend in any way to the benefit or prosperity of Britain.
They felt all the more obliged to stand aloof from the
struggle, inasmuch as both had sons in the army that had
fought valiantly against the French at Dettingen and Fonte-
noy. The families always remained united in the closest
friendship, and more than one marriage took place between
the children of Charlie Carstairs and Harry Jervoise.

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