【】lockisit”heasked,heservaered.
”juststruckfive,sir.”
”ed.
”yes,sir.”
”ihaveslept,”ralphsaid,halaugh.”however,ifeelall
rightagain,now.
”isbrotherup”
”no,sir,”thensaid.
”percy”ralphshouted,”itisfiveoclotheafteoo
up.”
”theentlenisnotiroosir,”theservant
said.
”ishenot”ralphsaid,puzzled.”ielysleepylast
night,certainly;butnottoosleepy,ishouldhavethought,to
havedeastakeaboutthat.ifeelsurehehe
roo”
”hee
toseeyoujustafteryougotintobedorderedhiobecarried
aton,ihatheghtnotdisturbyou.
hesaiditialthatyoushouldhaveyoursleepout,
undisturbed.”
”butybrotherdisturb”ralphasked,anxiously.”is
henotwell”
”no,sir,hehasgotfever.hehasbeencallingout,agreatdeal.
hehasgott,aorhasbeenevery
hour.”
bythistiralphofbed.
”herearesoansaid,handingtheohi
”thelandlordthoughtyoueatonce,whenyouwoke;
andorderedthreeorfoursuitsforyoutotry.”
ralphseizedthefirstthatcatohand,andthreon.
”allparisy,last
night,sir.therehavebeenhundredsofpeopleheretocall.”
ralphdidnotevenhearwassaid.
”ohiatonce.”
theservantledralphalongapassageandstoppedatadoor,at
ercyopehedoor.
”thisistheentlen.”
thesisteropehedoorforralphtoenter.
”heisquietnopassioone.
ralph.percylayinthebed,hhishead
surroundedhiewasflushed,andhiseyeswild.he
ovinguneasilyabout,talkingtohielf.
”itisthatsasterofit,”hettered.
”he,butisupposewe
didnt.perhapshegotdoer,how
uldhehavebetrayedusagain
”ihaveheardofliquidfire,butthatgotinto
veins,sohoeadofblood.itellyou,ralph,itsno
good.itstanditanylonger;butihat
saster,first.letgetathi”andhedeaneffortto
rise.
thesistertriedtorestrainhibutsoviolents
torisethatralphingdown
hischeeksdoe
quiet,thesisterforediebetweenhislipsralph
holdinguphishead.
”shallispeaktohiralphasked.”heyknoyvoice.”
”betteot,sir,”thenursesaid,”it
offagain.”
””ralphasked.
”hesaysitisbraihenursesaid.”heonlysaiditght
besodays,beforethecrisisdthatheuldnotgive
aohavehope.”
”thankgod,atleast,forthat”ralphsaid,eaestly.
percy,tuinghisheadroundagain,caughtsightofralph.
”ah,thereisthatsasteragainifnooneelsewillhang
hiiyself.letgetathi
andheagaindedesperateeffortstogetoutofbed.
”youhadbettergo,sir,”ohesisterssaid,urgently.”the
sightofyoukeshiogood.”
seeingthatit;hisonly
fortbeingthatperded,andlookedafter,
asittobe.hehadselyretuedtohis
rooerwasshownin.
”idaresayyouhardlyreer,”hesaid.”icaherehyou,
lastnight.”
”iaerygladtoseeyouagain,andtothankyouforthetrouble
youtook,”ralphsaid.”ioosleepytodoso,lastnight.”
”notatall,”theoffishereha
ssagefrohegeneral,noodineh
hiut,hearingofthestateofyourbrother,heuldnotaskyou
toleavehiorsolongati;buthewouldbegladifyouwould
etoseehiforanhour,thisevening.heoknowhow
youopassthroughthegernlines;andhealsodesires
tobeinford,asfarasyouation,ofthe
nuerandpositionoftheene.
”orethananything,isthatthedispatches
aredatedtheingofthethirteenthinstant;andyouwere
pickedup,bythefarcey,upontheeveningofthesixteenth.it
seeincrediblethatyoushouldhavedohedistand
ogetthroughthegernlines,ii.onlyone
otherssengerhasgh;andhisdispatchesorethan
tendaysold,heyreachedus,andhadbeealledby
sopigeons.youeerthananywehave
received.”
”is,”ralph
said;”onthefourteenthatlun,oeenthatversailles;
andlastnightasyouknowhere.”
”istheinfortionbeforethegeneral,”theofficer
said,halaugh.”itishalfpastsix,no
seven.ateshallwesaynine”
”ihereatnine,”ralphsaid,”butthegeneralwill,i
hope,ex,orfulldressofany
kind.ihave,ofurse,nothinge.”
”gerodthat,”theofficersaid.
”goodbye.”
ralphno.thedoctorhadjuste.he
paniedbyanotherdi.ralphstoodby,i
attentioorfeltpercyspulse,andaskedafew
questionsoftheheythengavesoorders,andsaidthat
freshdieshouldbesentin,inaquarterofanhour;andthat
theyeinagain,attenok,toseehowhewasgoing
on.
”,sir”ralphasked,asthedoe
out.
”hehasasharpattackofbraihedoctorsaid,”butheis
young,
through.iotsayanythingforcertain,atpresenttillthe
fevertakesatu,oherbutihavestronghopes.”
ralphorderedsodiobesentuptohisrooforhebegan
tobekeenlyaore
thanteal,hesatin
per,untilitetogotogerochus;keeping
hielf,hoionsoastobehiddenbythe
evideedthepatient.percy
was,as
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