Chapter 14

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