THE CONFESSIONS OF HARRY LORREQUER
[By Charles James Lever (1806-1872)]
Dublin
MDCCCXXXIX.
Volume 4.
[Note: Though the title page has no author's name inscribed,
this work is generally attributed to Charles James Lever.]
The Inn at Munich
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| "We talked of pipe-clay regulation caps— Long twenty-fours—short culverins and mortars— Condemn'd the 'Horse Guards' for a set of raps, And cursed our fate at being in such quarters. Some smoked, some sighed, and some were heard to snore; Some wished themselves five fathoms 'neat the Solway; And some did pray—who never prayed before— That they might get the 'route' for Cork or Galway." |
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER XXIV The Gen d'Arme CHAPTER XXV The Inn at Chantraine CHAPTER XXVI Mr O'Leary CHAPTER XXVII Paris CHAPTER XXVIII Paris |
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE GEN D'ARME.
I had fortunately sufficient influence upon my fair friends to persuade them to leave Calais early on the morning following; and two hours before Kilkee had opened his eyes upon this mortal life, we were far upon the road to Paris.
Having thus far perfectly succeeded in my plot, my spirit rose rapidly, and I made every exertion to make the road appear short to my fellow-travellers. This part of France is unfortunately deficient in any interest from scenery; large undivided tracts of waving cornfields, with a back-ground of apparently interminable forests, and occasionally, but rarely, the glimpse of some old time-worn chateau, with its pointed gable and terraced walk, are nearly all that the eye can detect in the intervals between the small towns and villages. Nothing, however, is "flat or unprofitable" to those who desire to make it otherwise; good health, good spirits, and fine weather, are wonderful travelling companions, and render one tolerably independent of the charms of scenery. Every mile that separated me from Calais, and took away the chance of being overtaken, added to my gaiety, a