Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Staff Officer, or the Soldier of Fortune, Vol. 2 of 3: A Tale of Real Life
I rose at six, and leaving the house unperceived, except by the scrubbing servant-maids, hurried down to the deeper part of the Boyne, about half a mile from the house and there, in its cool and crystal wave, assuaged the fever of my frame. I had brought myself to the resolution of taking leave that very morning after breakfast; but there was other work in store for me.
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