at,”avoicesaid.
thenhebesciousthathehhot
flannels.heopenedhiseyes,andsaingofving
ery,andtheredglareoffuaces.
”i”heasked,atlast.
”intheengineroofthegunboatfaresaid.
”iaufferingagony,”ralphrred,beteeth.
”idaresay,”theoffiswered.”you
tynearfrozeh.luckilyyourlifebeltskeptyou
froakinginanyer,butitherthree
heer,aorsaysitwouldhavebeenallup
hyou.”
”ybrother”ralphaskedsuddenly;sittingup,ha
fullnsciousnessofallthathadpassed.
”heisinground,”theofficersaid.”hehergohan
youthe
ld.hislisaretgorsayshewilldo.
”youeanyourson”
”pleaselendsoclothes,”ralphsaid.”istand,now.”
soclotheshadalreadybeengotinreadiness,anded;andin
aupleofnutesralphhersside.percy
ingto,andilartothoseh
ralphhielfhadexperieof
bs.helookedround,utterlybewildered;for
hehadbeeinsensiblebeforethefarceysgunhadgivennotice
ofherproxity.hesled,however,whenhiseyesfellonralphs
face.
”itisallright,percy,thankgod,”ralphsaid.”weareonboard
thegunboatfard,ies,he
heartofparis.”
inanotherfivenutes,percylyreveredtobegin
todress.thehefarouedtoralph.
”yoursonhashadaverynarro,sir.”
”son”ralphsaid,”heisbrother.”
theofficerlookedsurprised.
”hoetobe”ralphasked.
”fortyfiveorfifty,”theofficersaid.
”ishallnotbeseventeenforsonths,”ralphanswered.
theoffient,and
therethenstandinground.the
ndantfro.
”quiteso,dearsir,”hesaid,soothingly.”iwasonlyjoking
hyou.itisevidentthatyouareseventeen.”
”youthinkihavelostseheshock,”ralphsaid,
sling.”iyage.beardand
lyfixedon,hbblershatishall
haveanaoff;andhairthesa.ifyou
feelalonghere,frootheother,youwillfeelaridge.
thatisthebblersassoffrizzled
hairon.
”didyounotnotiybrothersandfadhands
uchdarkerthaofourskin”
”yes,thedoctordidnoticethat,”thecaptainsaidnowbeginning
tothinkthatralphierall.
passinghisfinger,hefelttheridgeof
thefalsehair.
”ayiask”hesaid.
”brotherandselfarenadbarclay,”ralphsaid.”weare
lieutenantsinthear,ahderatedforservithe
field.toursfourdaysago,andarebearersofdispatches
froaettatogerochu.”
aallandinghinhearing;andthe
boyshandsforperaupatthentlyshakenby
theofficersoftheboat,oeranratulationsofall
sorts,andthosearoundake
enoughofthe
”nopigeonhasein,fortendays,”thendersaid.”you
e.”
atthisnt,asailorcadoosaythattheywerepassing
thelouvreand,inaihegunboatlayalongside
thewharf.
”youdonotknoobefound”the
hefarceyasked.
”no,indeed,”ralphsaid.
”iyself,”theofficersaid.”ifthegeneralhas
goobed,ustknockhip.heind,he
reason.”
itashortdistaheboyshadgreat
diffibsiffandag,
andtheyfeltabuiionallovertheasiftheyhad
beendippedinboilinger.gerochuhadgoo
bedanduponthessagebeingdeliveredbytheorderly,”the
hefarcey,
tours,”heorderedtheobeinstantlyadtted.
”thesearethelieutenantsbarclay,general,”thehe
fartheer
sideatlooursideandthinking
thatitghtbestosacrossifiredaroundof
grapeintothegerns,andorderedasharplookouttobekept.i
hadselyspokentheerehailedforarope;and
inaetheseoffildwere
pulledonboard.thinkihavedispatches,iatonce
starteduptheriver;andheyround,bythe
surgeoatedthattheyhelieutenantsbarclay,
bearersofdispatchesfroours.”
”gallantlydolenbravelydohegeneralsaidly,
shakingbothboysbythehand.
thebuiofpercyshandstrue.
”enyouhavepreservedthei
hope”
ralphproducedthetwoquills.
”theyareduplicate,general,”hesaid.”hcarriedone,in
tghtbefalloneofus.”
”thankyou,”thegeneralsaid.”ineednoainyounolonger.i
have,andyouhadbettergoinstantlyto
bed.yourbrotherisinahighstateoffever.”
hetouchedabell,andanoffiein.
”captainbar,entoahotel,at
ohehorsesare,asusual,inthecarriageisuppose;
and,”hedroppedhisvoietorequest
doar,atoheyoungeroneisinastate
ofhighfever.”
inanotherquarterofanhourtheboysfortablebeds,in
rooadjoiningeachother.ralphupid,h
theeffectsoftheldosttheinstanthishead
touchedthepilloeafterwardsbybeing
shakenand,openinghiseyes,hesaeoneleaningoverhi
”drinkthis,”thegentlensaid,holdingaglasstohislips.
ralphicallydidasheold;andfelloffagainintoa
heavysleep,froillatethe
afteoon.
hisfirstiulseolookathisch.ithadstoppedat
elevenok,thenightbeforethehouratered
theseihenherangthebell.
”oc
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