第79节
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
ofentasto
ieinto
hisface.lookinground,hesaall
piecehadbeensaoftheshutter,soastoletinairand
lightainedclosed.atableandachairwerebesidehis
bed.iheloftallflatstove,hafew
eersglo.uponthe
oppositesideofthelofttothatasaheapof
hay,silartohisohafigure,rolledupinabla,
lyingonit.
forsoti,ralphthoughtallthisoverinthevague,w
alongillness.st,he
puzzledovertheoctoftheotherbed;andatlastncluded
thatitefugitive,likehielf.forsotihelayand
oved,threhe
blaandroseand,tohissurprise,hesahatitwashis
nurse.
”thankstoallthesaints”sheexclaid,looking
ather.”youarebetter,atlast.ithinkthatioo.
butyou,thatithoughtiakeanap;
foriwassosleepy.”
”howlonghaveibeenhere”ralphasked.
”justathetithefevertookyou.theenglishdoctor
youadeuphere,and
sistercaovertotakeques.andnoustnot
talkanyre.drinkthisbroth,andthengoofftosleepagain.”
ralphplied.heore
questions,andituntildaythatheheardofthe
obstilesoh,8th,
and10thnearbeauguency.
”thankgoodness,”ralphsaid,”havebeenverybadly
beaten,ifofightthreedratleshinabout
tilesofafirstdefeat.”
fortheprovedih.thenhehada
relapse,andedays.thenhebegan,steadily
butsloogaih.ithreeerhisarrival
atthettagebeforeheuldherweekbeforehehad
reveredhisstrengthsuffioving.
oneofhisfirstaiesafterreveringnsciousnessafter
hisfirst,andlo,attackoffeverhadbeenuponthesubject
oftheterribleayustbefeeling,atho,
respepe,thathe
issingand,asheofall,itwas
probablethatheedasdead.ralphsonlynsolationwas
that,asthegernsnicationwouldbevery
sloain;andalthoughitendayssihe
e,itgetalettersent,at
otheyitnearly,ifnotquiteasquicklyasthe
onefrooee;especiallyifashe
loooengaged,duringtheweeks
trendousfightinghedayuponhralphwas
tobeabletoeletters.
thefirsttithathesaentiohis
ay,aoratonceofferedtotakechargeofaletter;
andtoforilitarypostbag,tothe
headquartersoftheaulaversailles,togetherhanote
totheheadoftheaulahere,begginghiogetitsenton
i
...
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
ofentasto
ieinto
hisface.lookinground,hesaall
piecehadbeensaoftheshutter,soastoletinairand
lightainedclosed.atableandachairwerebesidehis
bed.iheloftallflatstove,hafew
eersglo.uponthe
oppositesideofthelofttothatasaheapof
hay,silartohisohafigure,rolledupinabla,
lyingonit.
forsoti,ralphthoughtallthisoverinthevague,w
alongillness.st,he
puzzledovertheoctoftheotherbed;andatlastncluded
thatitefugitive,likehielf.forsotihelayand
oved,threhe
blaandroseand,tohissurprise,hesahatitwashis
nurse.
”thankstoallthesaints”sheexclaid,looking
ather.”youarebetter,atlast.ithinkthatioo.
butyou,thatithoughtiakeanap;
foriwassosleepy.”
”howlonghaveibeenhere”ralphasked.
”justathetithefevertookyou.theenglishdoctor
youadeuphere,and
sistercaovertotakeques.andnoustnot
talkanyre.drinkthisbroth,andthengoofftosleepagain.”
ralphplied.heore
questions,andituntildaythatheheardofthe
obstilesoh,8th,
and10thnearbeauguency.
”thankgoodness,”ralphsaid,”havebeenverybadly
beaten,ifofightthreedratleshinabout
tilesofafirstdefeat.”
fortheprovedih.thenhehada
relapse,andedays.thenhebegan,steadily
butsloogaih.ithreeerhisarrival
atthettagebeforeheuldherweekbeforehehad
reveredhisstrengthsuffioving.
oneofhisfirstaiesafterreveringnsciousnessafter
hisfirst,andlo,attackoffeverhadbeenuponthesubject
oftheterribleayustbefeeling,atho,
respepe,thathe
issingand,asheofall,itwas
probablethatheedasdead.ralphsonlynsolationwas
that,asthegernsnicationwouldbevery
sloain;andalthoughitendayssihe
e,itgetalettersent,at
otheyitnearly,ifnotquiteasquicklyasthe
onefrooee;especiallyifashe
loooengaged,duringtheweeks
trendousfightinghedayuponhralphwas
tobeabletoeletters.
thefirsttithathesaentiohis
ay,aoratonceofferedtotakechargeofaletter;
andtoforilitarypostbag,tothe
headquartersoftheaulaversailles,togetherhanote
totheheadoftheaulahere,begginghiogetitsenton
i
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