He thought it, however, better to abstain from speaking, for
should he fall in the campaign her grief would be all the greater
had she come to think of him as her destined husband, for her
hearty affection for him already assured him that she would make
no objection to carrying out her father's wishes.
Shortly after rejoining his regiment Malcolm received a communication
from the Swedish chancellor expressing in high terms his approbation
of the manner in which he had carried out his instructions with
regard to Wallenstein, and especially for the great service he had
rendered the cause by warning the Duke of Saxe-Weimar of the trap
which the Imperialists had set for him.
The death of Wallenstein was followed by a short pause in the
war. It had entirely frustrated all the plans and hopes of the
Protestants, and it caused a delay in the movement of the Imperialists.
The emperor, when he heard of Wallenstein's death, heaped favours
and honours upon the three men who had plotted and carried out his
murder, and then appointed his son Ferdinand, King of Hungary, to
the chief command of the army, with General Gallas as his principal
adviser.
The Duke of Lorraine marched with an army to join the Imperialists,
who were also strengthened by the arrival of 10,000 Spanish veterans,
and early in May the new Imperial general entered the Palatinate
and marched to lay siege to Ratisbon.
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