A venture in 1777 . A VENTUR-E To her surprise the Colonel made|N 1777 no rejoinder. The younger officerat his side caught his eye as he wasabout to make some insolent the Honorable John Ver-ney, to be some day in the peerageif spared by war, was a personwhom the Colonel did not care tooffend, and who, as Mrs. Markhamspoke, said, You had better getanother billet, Grimstone. No doubtAndre would exchange with Colonel growled, but held histongue, knowing very well that fewofficers were as well cared for asMrs. Markhams , a gentleman of the best,smiled at her and
A venture in 1777 . A VENTUR-E To her surprise the Colonel made|N 1777 no rejoinder. The younger officerat his side caught his eye as he wasabout to make some insolent the Honorable John Ver-ney, to be some day in the peerageif spared by war, was a personwhom the Colonel did not care tooffend, and who, as Mrs. Markhamspoke, said, You had better getanother billet, Grimstone. No doubtAndre would exchange with Colonel growled, but held histongue, knowing very well that fewofficers were as well cared for asMrs. Markhams , a gentleman of the best,smiled at her and nodded reassur-ingly. He meant, as often before. 26. to set her at ease as to her difficulty A VENTUR-Ein suiting the Colonel. IN 1777 The third guest, a Hessian officer,Count Von Einstein, annoyed bythe Colonels rudeness, turned thetalk aside as he said, in fair English,The letter you gave me for yourhusband in New York I was able toforward, but I had first to gothrough the form of reading it. Ithink I did say so; else it could nothave gone. Of course, returned Mrs. Mark-ham, coloring. Is there anychance of exchange of prisoners?I fear not, said Verney, unlessthe Continentals should capture theCount or Colonel isnt much chance of that. 27
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