"Here, Mr. Blackett," Marlborough gave the order, "take this lad to your captain, who will see that he is enrolled in your company."
The next moment George Fairburn was shaking the other hard by the hand, the astonishment on both sides too great to admit of a word between them.
CHAPTER VII
BLENHEIM
"Now I can thank you, my dear Fairburn! We shall never forget it!" were the first words Blackett uttered, and he pressed George's hand once more in his warm grip.
"Forget what, Blackett?" the other asked in surprise, "and for what do you thank me?"
"Surely you have not forgotten it all, my dear fellow—Mary—the fire—your splendid rescue!"
"Ah!" cried George, "and you have been keeping that in mind all this time?"