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 ... 【在阅读模式下不能自动加载下一页，请<退出阅读模式>后点击下一页阅读。】