_Chapter_ V A Message from the Squire _Chapter_ VI My Lord Marlborough makes a Note _Chapter_ VII Snared _Chapter_ VIII Flotsam _Chapter_ IX Monsieur de Polignac Presses his Suit _Chapter_ X Bluff _Chapter_ XI The Battle of Lindendaal _Chapter_ XII Harry is Discharged _Chapter_ XIII Concerning Sherebiah _Chapter_ XIV Harry Rides for a Life _Chapter_ XV The Water of Affliction _Chapter_ XVI Knaves All Three _Chapter_ XVII In the Dusk _Chapter_ XVIII A Little Plot _Chapter_ XXI Marlborough’s March to the Danube _Chapter_ XX The Castle of Rauhstein _Chapter_ XXI Across the Fosse _Chapter_ XXII The Fight in the Keep _Chapter_ XXIII Blenheim _Chapter_ XXIV The Wages of Sin _Chapter_ XXV A Bundle of Letters _Chapter_ XXVI The New Squire _Chapter_ XXVII Visitors at Winton Hall *List of Illustrations* _Plate_ I The Fight in the Castle Yard . . . . . . _Frontispiece_ _Plate_ II Harry makes a Diversion _Plate_ III My Lord Marlborough _Plate_ IV At the Last Gasp _Plate_ V "Mon Colonel, we are surrounded!" _Plate_ VI The Stroke of Eight _Plate_ VII "Fire and Fury!" shouted Aglionby _Plate_ VIII Mein Wirth is Surprised *Map And Plan* Map of the Low Countries in 1703 Plan of the Battle of Blenheim *CHAPTER I* *The Queen’s Purse-Bearer* Winton St. Mary—Cricket: Old Style—Last Man In—Bowled—The Gaffer Explains—More Explanations—Parson Rochester—"The Boy"—Cambridge in the Field—Village Batsmen—Old Everlasting makes One—The Squire—An Invitation—Lord Godolphin is Interested—An Uphill Game—Young Pa’son—The Winning Hit "Stap me, Frank, if ever I rattle my old bones over these roads again! Every joint in me aches; every wrinkle—and I’ve too many—is filled with dust; and my wig—plague on it, Frank, my wig’s a doormat. Look at it—whew!"