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wading through a long and dangerous morass, which lay between the besieging army, and the walls of Breslautz, he was at some loss to discover the vicinity of his own quarters. The whole of the camp was in profound darkness; and, as he wished to make directly for the Royal Tent, it was some minutes before he could recall to his mind, the precise direction in which it lay. While he was yet uncertain how to proceed, a figure passed before him, enveloped in a military pelisse; his walk, regular; his head, inclined upon his chest; his hands behind him, and his whole deportment bespeaking intense thoughtfulness." Wentworth, from the general appearance of the individual who had stepped before him, concluded that he was one of those officers, with whom it was customary, upon observing the least tendency to weariness, or any other neglect of duty, in such of their men as might be on guard' for the night, to replace them, by taking upon themselves the execution of their duties. He therefore felt no hesitation in passing the watchword, and asking him to direct him to Frederick's tent:" The King hears you;" replied the Officer whom he addressed, with a kind of Spartan brevity, which directly announced to Wentworth, that he stood before the King of Prussia. With-"} out allowing him time to give an account of his adventures, the great Frederick, than whom no man better understood the value of the slightest condescension, seized the hand of the English Trooper, and motioning him to be silent, com pleted his round of visits to the out-posts, and

then led the way to his own tent. After hearing from the lips of Wentworth, that in all probability

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the enemy was unconscious of the extent, or nature, of the mines which had been sprung by his directions, all of which he had diligently traced, as he confessed; (although he was entirely silent upon the many dangers which he had encountered in executing his perilous commission;) Frederick calmly observed to him, "I did not expect, my Friend, to have witnessed your return, the enterprize was dangerous, the volunteers were few; their courage was questionable, their resolution came too late; but with you, the proposition, and the offer of your services were simultaneous. My Chancellor shall be instructed to pay you 2000 Crowns." Wentworth at length took courage to say that, which he had been eager to say ever since he had entered the service; and suggested to his Majesty that promotion to a pair of colors, would be a far more desirable object than the proposed remuneration. The King, however, was inflexible to his remonstrances; but only manifested his displeasure by the abruptness, with which he wished him good night. The next day, while a general assault was made upon the strongest part of the fortifications, the mines were successively sprung; and Wentworth again displayed his dauntless intrepidity in the assault, by being the first man who mounted the breach. Breslautz was taken,--Wentworth publicly thanked: but no reward in the way of promotion gratified his aspiring soul. Chagrined, disappointed, and indifferent to future

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success or failure,---the brave Englishman,---an orphan in his own country,---a neglected soldier in a foreign state,---betook himself to dissipation, as his only resource; and in the irritation of a moment sacrificed the hopes of a whole life. Upon the death of Frederick in 1790-1,-hẹ entered into the service of the Duke of Wolfenstein, as a private Trooper in the Regiment of Saltzdahlen. It is, perhaps, unnecessary for us to follow Edward Wentworth through the subsequent eventful periods of his life, which elapsed between the circumstances narrated in this chapter, and the year 17-, at which we must request the reader to remember that this History commences. But as those particular events, which transpired after the period at which these Memoirs are supposed to open, are intimately connected with the history of Lord E. F, and in some degree therefore, with that of Colonel Barham, we shall defer the relation of such events to those chapters in which we shall have to record the various accidents which befel those unfortunate Gentlemen. We felt it necessary to apprize the reader of the preceding circumstances, in order that he might the better per ceive the motives by which the conduct of the individuals last mentioned, was, on certain occasions, actuated.

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