"Monsieur James Dodd has passed a tranquil night, and is
proceeding favorably. The wound exhibits a good appearance,
and the general fever is slight
(Signed) "Baron De Seutin.
"El'stache De Mornaye, Méd. du Roi. "Samuel Mossin,
M.R.C.S.L."
We 're in another mess with that wretch Paddy Byrne. The gendarmes are
now in the house to inquire after him. It would seem that he has beaten
a whole hackney-coach stand, and set the vehicles and horses off full
speed down the "Montagne de la Cour," one of the steepest streets in
Europe. When will papa see it would be cheaper to send him home by a
special steamer than to keep him here and pay for all his "escapades"?
Paddy, who got on to the roof to escape the police, has just fallen
through a skylight, and has been conveyed to hospital, terribly injured.
He fell upon an old gentleman of eighty-two, who says he will look to
papa for compensation. The tumult the affair has caused is dreadful, and
pa is like a madman.
The General Count Vanderdelft has come back to say that I am invited.