Note (return) — Chapter XXXIII · LORD KILCULLEN MAKES ANOTHER VISIT TO THE BOOK-ROOM

“Then good night, my lord. I grieve that I should have to undergo a siege in your lordship’s house, more especially as it is likely to be a long one. In a week’s time there will be a ‘ne exeat’ [48] issued against me, and then it will be too late for me to think of France.” And so saying, the son retired to his own room, and left the father to consider what he had better do in his distress.