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e,youhaveonlytosayyouhaveaer.ipay
youwell.”
”careforpay,”theanofthehousesaid;openingthe
door,hadleinherhandandthenfallingback,hacry
ofhorror,attheobjean,thfatigue,
andaskofstiffenedblood.
”youdonotreer,”ralphsaid.”iahecaptainofthe
stafftedtoyou,tyourboysinparis.”
”poorboy”theansaid,passionately.”ein.
”nsieure,”sheon,apologetically,”for
speakingso,buticalledyoutheboycaptain,elling
goodnabright
”butthere,youno,andfood.thequestionis
aybesearched,atanyti;thoughitsnot
likelythattlehasgoneaway
inthedireoforleans,anden
sinceisawodaysago.
”thefirstthingistogiveyousothing.youarehalf
frozen.sitdoinutes.iakeablaze.”
ralphsankdoterlyexhaustedandileby
thefirepladfellintoahalfdoze,anlita
brightfireonthehearth.iesshehaddrae
liquorfrohepotaufeuthesouppotandsbythe
firesideofeveryfrenchpeasant,hoohall
theoddsandendsofthehouseholdarethro
intoasllerpot;brokesobreadintoit,addedanonionh
shechoppedupingtogetherhalittlepepper
andsaltand,iesfrohetiofralphsentry,she
plaokinghot,beforehi
atfirst,heseedtooexhaustedtoeat;butgraduallyhis
appetiteretued,andhefinishedoffthehotbroth.
”shallidotoyouransaid.”itisa
terriblesight,atpresent.”
”itistheldylife,ifancy,”ralphsaid,”by
stoppingthebleeding;butnoer,for
soti,andthenbandaging.
”bute”
”intheboysrooupstairs,sir.itisjustastheyleftit.”
”ihavenodoubtitisveryfortable,”ralphsaid,”butallthis
untryisyscavalry.idonot
tobetakenprisoner;andratherthanthatiwouldgoandlive
outintheefood.”
thehusbandhadnoedoairsand,asheaidedhiso
firstbatheandthenbaheheytalkedoverthe
tter;andagreedthatralphuldbehidinaloftoverashed,a
hundredyardsfrohehouse,andverycealedinthewoods,
ueratoartedtoke
theplaceasfortableasheuld;andtheha
upleofblas,aquarterofanhourlater.
ralph,bythisti,uldscarcelycrahefever
nsequentupontheadehishead
throbsoterriblythatheuldscarcelyholditupand,haditnot
beenfortheassistanershave
craheshortdistaheshed.theloftwaslowand
sllaeroftheher
opening,foritedonlyby
thelighteinatthecrevices.theshedogetherof
hattheshutterobeatitsbackwould
scarcelyhavebeennoticedtheshedbeinghighandthe
loftveryloedthe
existenceofanyloft,atall.itrap
door.
thefarrassistedralphuptheladder.theshutteren,and
ralphsaerhaddeabedofstrahhis
heblas.ralphnoookoffhis
uniforandlaydobytheotherbla,
andthenerswifehad
thoughtfullybroughtapilloinutes
haditnotbeenforthepainofhiswoundwould
havebeeninte,aftertheldandfatigue.hishostess
auedhalargejugoferandaglass,
.
”thereisnothingelseyou”sheasked.
”nothing,thankyou,excepttosleep,”ralphsaid.
”ishallshutthisshutter,”thefarrsaid.”enoughlightwill
ethroughthecrackstoseeed
tothedarkness.ishallshutthetrapclosedoe,asi
go,andliftdoyan
easilyputitintoitsplaceagain.weeandseeyouagain,
ieoon.goodbye.”
”goodbye,”ralphansly;andbeforethesoundoftheir
footstepshaddiedaoasortoffeverishdoze.
foratihetueduneasily,tteredioved
hishalessly.soon,hoheeffectsofthecloth
soakedinicyldershe
bandagesovertheosubduethefeverishheat;andin
halfanhourhely.helast,
haflashoflightinhisfad,openinghiseyes,sahe
goodanagainbendingoverhi
”ialad,”ont,you
weredead.”
”no,no,”ralphsaid,ile;”alongthat,
yet.sleephasdoneaoclockisit”
”nineoclock,”hishostesssaid.”iuldnotebefore,fori
havehadseveralpartiesgoingpast,andthehousehed
once.ikeptoilinearly
yselfintoafever.”
”thankyou,”ralphsaid.”ihavebeenallthebetterforbeing
alloosleepon.ihavehadnearlythirteenhoursofit.ifeel
queer,aboutthehead;butother.
”iaerriblythirsty.”
”ihavegotnothingbutansaid.”the
gernsdradropofouronthsago.butihada
fe,andputthenthisjugof
er.itataste,andisgoodforfever.
”inthisjugissoherbtea,ustdrinkwhenyoufeel
feverish.
”ah”
”thatido,”ralphsaid.
hishostessputherarnderhiandraisedhipintoasitting
posture;inbykneelingdo,and
holdinghipasifhehadbeenachild.thenshegavehibasin
ofbreadbroth,andadrinkofer;shookuphispilled
thethingsoverhiandputafreshcloth,dippediner,onhis
head.
”hereisaboxof
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