To deprive them of the satisfaction,Walpole walked, a broken man,
back to his wine and his dogs at Houghton. It was the end of an era. Now the gung-ho patriots could have their get-rich war, and they must have thought it would be a breeze. Britain could fight abroad because it was so united at home. But in 1745,that unity would prove a bitter illusion. The Jacobite cause had refused to die, especially amongst the clans of north-west Scotland,