in good hands, will be very well fed, and taken care of
in her latter days.'

After recovering from a slight wound received at Laffeldt
Wolfe was allowed to return to England, where he remained
for the winter. On the morrow of New Year's Day, 1748,
he celebrated his coming of age at his father's town
house in Old Burlington Street, London. In the spring,
however, he was ordered to rejoin the army, and was
stationed with the troops who were guarding the Dutch
frontier. The war came to an end in the same year, and
Wolfe went home. Though then only twenty-one, he was
already an experienced soldier, a rising officer, and a
marked man.




CHAPTER III

THE SEVEN YEARS' PEACE
1748-1755

Wolfe was made welcome in England wherever he went. In
spite of his youth his name was well known to the chief
men in the Army, and he was already a hero among the
friends of his family. By nature he was fond of the
society of ladies, and of course he fell in love. He had
had a few flirtations before, like most other soldiers;
but this time the case was serious. The difference was