"Well?"

"He read it, and received me, my lord."

"Did that letter thoroughly explain my position and my
views?"

"Oh, yes!" said Parry, with a sad smile; "it painted your
very thoughts faithfully."

"Well -- then, Parry?"

"Then the general sent me back the letter by an
aide-de-camp, informing me that if I were found the next day
within the circumscription of his command, he would have me
arrested."

"Arrested!" murmured the young man. "What! arrest you, my
most faithful servant?"

"Yes, my lord."

"And notwithstanding you had signed the name Parry?"

"To all my letters, my lord; and the aide-de-camp had known
me at St. James's and at Whitehall, too," added the old man
with a sigh.

The young man leaned forward, thoughtful and sad.