The following morning he was reported ill; and for three weeks he was but once seen, and at that time only at his window, with a flannel night-cap on his head, looking particularly pale, and rather dark under one eye.
As for Curzon--the last thing known of him that luckless morning, was his hiring a post-chaise for the Royal Oak, from whence he posted to Dublin, and hastened on to England.

In a few days we learned that the adjutant had exchanged into a regiment in Canada; and to this hour there are not three men in the __th who know the real secret of that morning's misadventures.
THE CONFESSIONS OF HARRY LORREQUER, Vol.

3 [By Charles James Lever (1806-1872)] Dublin MDCCCXXXIX.
Volume 3.

(Chapter XVIII-XXIII) Contents: CHAPTER XVIII Detachment Duty--An Assize Town CHAPTER XIX The Assize Town CHAPTER XX A Day in Dublin CHAPTER XXI A Night at Howth CHAPTER XXII The Journey CHAPTER XXIII Calais.