第79节 (第1/2页)

    ay.thefarrhadgiven

    hietailedinstrusforfindingthehouse;butwasafraidof

    stoppingtoactashisguideas,hadhebeenseenhe

    sideofthesurgeonshorse,thesuspianthey

    ghtenunteroed.

    thesurgeonarrivedanhourlater,andoakentoralphs

    bedside.ralph,hospeakto,orevenreghe

    presenan;forheateoffever.

    thesurgeonexanedhisarefully.

    ”ithinkheers

    isanastycut;butthereisnothingdangerousinthewound,

    itself.itisthegeneralsho,togetherhthe

    hardshipsandsufferinghehadgh.heisareboynot

    aboveseventeeeen.hesaysinhisnoteheisacaptain,

    butithardlybeso.”

    ”heisahangingup.”

    ”yes,”thesurgeonsaid,”thatistheuniforfacaptaininthe

    staff,andhehasgotthendersbuttonofthelegionof

    honor.ianbe.

    ”ralphbarclay,”hesaidthoughtfully,lookingatthepenote

    ralphhadsenthi”ah,hena.ithoughtitwas

    faliarto.thisistheyoungenglishnadehisway

    throughthelioparis,hdispatchesheisafineyoung

    felloustdo.”

    ”uldyoutakehintoyourhospital,sir”theanasked.

    ”he.”

    ”yes,iuchbetter

    lookedafter,inthehospital.”

    ”no,”thesurgeonsaid,”thatisjusthebe.every

    roosliterallycrohely

    betterinfresh,pureair,likethis,thaninarooaclose

    atsphere,andotherbadwounds.

    ”thefeverdiedays.ihave

    broughtoveratinoflittlebiscuits.givehihefeverdie,

    everytilthereisage;and

    hiotakeit,givehilittlebrothdeofaspoonfulofthe

    esseinaliterofboilinge

    arroakeit,backtothe

    house.

    ”aayheagooddealof

    lookingafter,forthewodays.”

    ”yes,sir,ialkingtojacquesaboutit,today.hewillgo

    overtothevillageitisonlyaleay

    sister,here,tokeephouseforabit.”

    ”thatiscapital,”thesurgeonsaid.”andnochattentively

    hoeeaday.when

    youhaveputthebandageon,youstputclothstohishead,

    aslongashereinsdelirious.iaiwillride

    ain,inthreeorfourdays,toseehotingon.

    ”bytheaybeanadvaoyouifigiveyouapaper,

    signedby,tosaythatyouaretakingcareofah

    officeratrequestasalthoughyoutothe

    aulanceirefusedbecause,inthefirstplace,heuldnotbear

    ving;andinthesend,theaulanceuld

    possiblyhold.thatanpartiese

    alongandfindhi”

    ithanynsciousness

    ofent