We will let the subject of apparel drop, and come to a topic on which you may be better qualified to speak.
Mr.Cumberland, you have told us that you didn't know at the time, and can't remember now, where you spent that night and most of the next morning.

All you can remember is that it was in some place where they let you drink all you wished and leave when the fancy took you, and not before.

It was none of your usual haunts.

This seemed strange to your friends, at the time; but it is easier for us to understand, now that you have told us what had occurred at your home-table.

You dreaded to have your sister know how soon you could escape the influence of that moment.
You wished to drink your fill and leave your family none the wiser.