TIIK FLANK MARCH. 37 rreucli Ik-adtj^uavters. The Culunel llieu cou- chap. ceived it his duty to act. Entering the INIarshal's ^^- lent, he strove to break his purpose with all the {jjf.f^f- teuderness and kindly feeling which words could ,y;,'iXu_ express, but ended by telling the sick man that the time had come when, in order to obtain the repose which he needed, he must have his mind free from anxiety. For an instant the Marshal only fixed his eyes upon the Colonrl ; but then he said, ' Yes, I un- .i.,,e ' derstand you ; send for General Caurobert : ' and h"',"Iea"'^ in the next hour he resigned the command into clmrobeit. the hands of his preordained successor. Jt seems that on this night the Marshal had Tiie thrown ofi' the cholera, but other ailments still coudiuou- caused him from time to time cruel suffering alternating with periods of prostration. From the moment when he resigned, he longed M'itli great intensity to be away from the Crimea ; but before he embarked. Lord Raglan went to his bed- Lord Ra-- side to bid him adieu. The jNIarshal, at that visit to"' time, could only speak in a whisper, and his nrind, as Lord Raglan thought, was wandering. ' I nnist lo^a Rag- ' say,' Lord Raglan wrote—' I must say I deeply liressio'ii of ' regret him. Although he occasioned me many ^^ "'^* ' difficulties from time to time, he never varied in ' his determination to be upon good terms with ' me; and, personally, he was all kindness to and ' consideration for me.' * It must be remembered, however, that when
- Private letter from Lord Raghm to the Duke of Newcastle,
8th October 18G4. ^ f>. O -N ^T'
