confidence one of the wisest Princes in Europe,' obviously pointing
to Frederick of Prussia, the master of Marshal Keith, and the friend
and host of his brother, the Earl Marischal. At Strasbourg, Charles
rescued a pretty young lady from a fire; she lost her heart at once
to the 'Comte d'Espoir' (his travelling title), but the Prince
behaved like Scipio, not to mention a patriarch famous for his
continence. 'I am no stoic,' said His Royal Highness to La Luze,
'but I have always been taught that pleasures, how pardonable soever
in themselves, become highly criminal when indulged to the prejudice
of another,' adding many other noble and unimpeachable sentiments.

After a romantic adventure with English or Scottish assassins, in
which His Royal Highness shot a few of them, the travellers arrived
at Leipzig. La Luze now assumed his real name, and carried Charles,
by cross roads, to 'a certain Court,' where he spent ten days with
much satisfaction. He stayed at the house of La Luze (Berlin and the
Earl Marischal appear to be hinted at, but the Marischal told Pickle
that he had never seen Charles at Berlin), secret business was done,
and then, through territories friendly or hostile, 'a certain port'
was reached. They sailed (from Dantzig?), were driven into a hostile
port (Riga?), escaped and made another port (Stockholm?) where they
met Lochgarry, 'whom the Prince thought had been one of those that
fell at Culloden.'

This is nonsense. Lochgarry had been with Charles after Culloden,
and had proposed to waylay Cumberland, which the Prince forbade.
Murray of Broughton, in his examination, and Bishop Forbes agree on
this point, and James, we know, sent, by Edgar, a message to
Lochgarry on Christmas Eve, 1748. {50a} Charles, therefore, knew
excellently well that Lochgarry did NOT die at Culloden. After