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"I was turned back," said Fergus to Edward, as they galloped from Preston to Pinkie House, "by a message from the Prince. But I suppose you know the value of this most noble Colonel Talbot as a prisoner. He is held one of the best officers among the redcoats, a special friend and favourite of the Elector himself, and of that dreadful hero, the Duke of Cumberland, who has been summoned from his triumphs at Fontenoy to come over and devour us poor Highlanders alive. Has he been telling you how the bells of St. James's ring? Not ‘turn again, Whittington,' like those of Bow, in the days of yore?"
"Fergus! " said Waverley, with a reproachful look.