CHAPTER XIV. Conclusion

CONCLUSION Conclusion—Charles in 1762—Flight of Miss 316 Walkinshaw—Charles quarrels with France—Remonstrance from Murray—Death of King James—Charles returns to Rome—His charm—His disappointments—Lochgarry enters the Portuguese service—Charles declines to recognise Miss Walkinshaw—Report of his secret marriage to Miss Walkinshaw—Denied by the lady—Charles breaks with Lumisden—Bishop Forbes—Charles’s marriage—The Duchess of Albany—‘All ends in song’—The Princesse de Talmond—The end

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PICKLE THE SPY Frontispiece THE PRINCE OF WALES, 1735 To face p. 18 PRINCE CHARLES ABOUT 1734 38

From a miniature at Strathtyrum. (By permission of Messrs. Charles Scribners’ Sons.) PRINCE CHARLES IN 1750 98

From a miniature in Her Majesty’s Collection at Windsor Castle. MISS WALKINSHAW 140

From a miniature in the possession of Mrs. Wedderburn Ogilvie, of Rannagulzion. (By permission of Messrs. Charles Scribners’ Sons.) THE KING, 1780 (?) 320