“As I am unlikely to see you again, perhaps it would be as well not to limit it to Manchester. You may wish to travel farther south when you reach that town?”
“It is barely possible.”
“As you carry no message from Traquair to the King, I can write Oxford on your permit as easily as Manchester.”
“Thank you, General; but Manchester will be far enough.”
“I may say that we are strict about those whom we allow to journey to and fro at the present time, and if you should overstep the limit of this document, you are liable to investigation and delay, and I may not be so near at hand on the next occasion.”
“I quite understand, and if I wished to go farther south I would have no hesitation in begging permission of your Excellency; but I doubt if I shall even see Manchester.”
“You will not be leaving Corbiton until the morning, of course?”
“No, General. I know when I am well housed.”
“Then, as I have much to do, I will make out your paper later, and it will be handed to you in the morning.”
“Thank you, General.”