Nigel Carrington

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3,086 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 7 Aug

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and yet did not rejoice at seeing it.

I tried with patriotic zeal to set everything in the best light before my kindly, though mysterious benefactor, but it was useless.

He evidently thought us in England a very unfortunate race of beings, and London a very large, but by no means a grand city.

I remembered his remarks at our first interview, and was sorry to find his expectations of England were disappointed.

We thus came to my home.

My father was, I need not say, delighted to see me.

I had written from Pontoise and posted my letter just before leaving, but I had come faster than the post.

The family had only heard of me by balloon post some weeks before, and now I was come most unexpectedly.

How did you ever get out, my boy?

I understood the Prussians would not let anyone pass their lines.

I suppose you were favoured as an Englishman?

By no means.

How I got out must remain a secret.

In fact, I do not understand it myself.

However, all I can say is that I owe my safety entirely to doctor Priscilla, whom I must now present you as my best friend and deliverer.

Well, sir, I am happy to make your acquaintance, and am too glad to see my son in safety to be too curious to know how you evaded Prussian vigilance.

Are you a stranger to England?

I was never here, said Priscilla, till this morning.

And yet I have often looked on England from afar.

and wished to be there.

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