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III. Guests in Calidon Tower

           --"IgotmyquietusayearsyneservingwithTorstenssonandhisSwedes--apitiablesmallaffairinSaxonia,whereIhadthemisfortunetomeetaroundshotonthericochetwhichcrackedmyshin-boneandhassetmehirplingfortherestofmydays.MyColonelwasSandyLeslie,abrotherofLeslieofBalquhain,himthatstuckWallensteinatEger,butamanofhonesterdispositionandagoodProtestant.Hebademegohome,forIwouldneveragainbeworthasoldier’shire,andfaith!whenthechirurgeonhadfinishedwithmylegIwasofthesameopinion.--Sohomeyoufindme,Will,roostinginthecauldrickleofstonesthatwasmyforbears’,whilerumoursofwarblowlikeaneastwinduptheglens.I’mwaitingforyournews.IhearwordthatDavieLeslie..."

           "Ournewscanwait,Nick.We’veagentlemanheretowhoseearsthisbabbleofwarmustsoundoutlandish."ItseemedtoDavidthatsomesecretintelligencepassedbetweenthetwo,andthatafootofonewaspressedheavilyontheother’stoes.

           "Iamamanofpeace,"Davidsaid,forthetalkhadstirredhisfancy,"butItoohavewordofagloriousvictoryinEnglandwonbytheCovenantarmies.Ifyouhavecomestraightfromthesouthyoucanmaybetellmemore."

           "Therewasavictorybeyonddoubt,"saidthetallmanwiththesquint,"andthatiswhyweofLeven’sarepermittedtogohome.Wehavegottenourpay,whilkisanuncommonhappeningforthepoorsoldierinthisland."

           "Ihaveheard,"saidDavid,"thattheranksoftheArmyoftheCovenantfoughtforhighermattersthanfilthylucre.

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