Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 14. Commodore Sir Henry Trollops and General the Right Hon. John Surgoyne. My father used to relate an amusing scene which he witnessed, seventy-five years ago, at the house of a friend in London, who had asked him to dinner to meet the distinguished commodore, Sir Henry Trollope, whose action, when in command of the " Glatton," with the French frigates—for which he received knighthood and a piece of plate from the merchants of London—made him the lion of the day. One of the guests invited was General Burgoyne, who commanded the British army in America as far back as 1777. After the cloth was removed and a bumper (or more) had been drunk to the distinguished sailor, the commodore availed himself of a temporary lull in the conversation to say across the table to the aged general who sat on the left of the chair, " General, do you recollect a youngster who served in the — regiment under you in America, and who gave you from time to time infinite trouble, until you were compelled to dismiss him from his regiment and send him to England—he went by the name of ' Blackguard Trollope?'" The old general brightened up. "Well do 1 recollect' Blackguard Trollope,' as did every one connected with my force." "I was in hopes, General, you had forgotten him, for I am ' Blackguard Trollope.'" " What! " exclaimed the general, amid roars of laughter, " do you mean to say, Sir Henry, that you are ' Blackguard Trollope ?'" " I am, indeed, ' Blackguard Trollope.' " " Well," said the general, "wonders will never cease. We must shake each other again by the hand; and although I was happy to get rid of ' Ensign' Trollope, I am indeed proud to meet' Commodore' Trollope, and am well rewarded for having sent him home to enter a service in which he has become one of its brightest ornaments." chapter{Se...