Excerpt from The Staff Officer, or the Soldier of Fortune, Vol. 2 of 3: A Tale of Real LifeI 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.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.