The Mystery of the Semi-Detached

EXCERPT
The next morning he was better, though still very white and shaky. But the tale he told the magistrate was convincing, and they sent a couple of constables with him to her house.
There was no crowd about it as he had fancied there would be, and the blinds were not down.
He held on to the door-post for support…
"She's all right, you see," said the constable, who had found him under the lamp. "I told you you was drunk, but you would know best-"