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'Yes, said the high-hearted old Highland-woman, 'I would be glad to have served my Prince though all my sons had perished in his service, for in so doing they would only have done their duty. While resting here at Borodale, Charles sent his final orders to the remnant of his gallant army, which under their chiefs had drawn to a head at Ruthven.
Old Borodale and his two sons immediately fled to the hills, leaving a faithful servant to find out and report to them who the strangers might be. After nightfall, twelve French officers came to the hut where they were hiding and told their errand.
"Oh, it was as soon as we struck the camp, when Saunders bawled out 'The Marquis and Miss Sally! I saw how rattled you got at the name, and I had my sus " "Cheeky!" whispered the Marquis. "And why should you think that I thought he was calling me 'Miss Sally'?" "Because," answered the cook, calmly, "I was the Marquis. My father was the Marquis of Borodale.
Again he passed through the well-known country round Loch Arkaig, past Auchnacarry, the home of the Lochiels, which was lying in ruins, over the rugged hills where he had been hunted like a wild creature a few weeks before, down to the familiar waters of Lochnanuagh, back to the warm-hearted household of Borodale.
Charles and the handful of men who accompanied him had expected that, once safely arrived at the coast, their troubles would be over and the way to France clear. But at Borodale they learned that the Western seas swarmed with English ships of war and with sloops manned by the local militia.
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