Sir Charles Stewart was so affected at this rebuke that he shed tears,
and expressed himself deeply penitent for the breach of confidence and
want of respect for the Articles of War. They immediately shook hands
and parted friends. It happened, however, that Sir Charles Stewart
did not remain long in the cavalry, of which he was Adjutant-General.
Within a few weeks he was named one of the Commissioners deputed to
proceed to the Allied Armies, where the Sovereigns were then completing
their plans to crush Napoleon.


ST. JEAN DE LUZ


During the winter of 1813, the Guards were stationed with head-quarters
at St Jean de Luz, and most comfortable we managed to make them. For
some short time previously we had been on scanty commons, and had undergone
considerable privation: indeed we might have said, like the Colonel
to Johnny Newcome on his arrival to join his regiment, "We sons of Mars
have long been fed on brandy and cigars." I had no cause to complain
personally; for my servant, a Sicilian, was one of the most accomplished
foragers (ill-natured persons might give him a worse name) in the whole
army; and when others were nearly starving, he always managed to provide
meat or poultry. He rode on his mule sometimes from twenty to thirty
miles, often running the greatest dangers, to procure me a good meal;
of which he took care to have, very justly, a large share for himself.

At St Jean de Luz, we were more attentive to our devotions than we had
been for some time. Divine service was performed punctually every Sunday
on the sand-hills near the town; Lord Wellington and his numerous Staff