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CHAPTER X DEALS WITH AN ESCAPE AND A JOURNEY
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Five scouts1' lanterns burned smokily in the ground room of the keep when Dickson ushered2 his charges through its cavernous door. The lights flickered3 in the gusts4 that swept after them and whistled through the slits5 of window, so that the place was full of monstrous6 shadows, and its accustomed odour of mould and disuse was changed to a salty freshness. Upstairs on the first floor Thomas Yownie had deposited the ladies' baggage, and was busy making beds out of derelict iron bedsteads and the wraps brought from their room. On the ground floor on a heap of litter covered by an old scout's blanket lay Heritage, with Dougal in attendance.
The Chieftain had washed the blood from the Poet's brow and the touch of cold water was bringing back his senses. Saskia with a cry flew to him, and waved off Dickson who had fetched one of the bottles of liqueur brandy. She slipped a hand inside his shirt and felt the beating of his heart. Then her slim fingers ran over his forehead.
"A bad blow," she muttered, "but I do not think he is ill. There is no fracture. When I nursed in the Alexander Hospital I learnt much about head wounds. Do not give him cognac if you value his life."[Pg 190]
Heritage was talking now and with strange tongues. Phrases like "lined digesters" and "free sulphurous acid" came from his lips. He implored7 some one to tell him if "the first cook" was finished, and he upbraided8 some one else for "cooling off" too fast.
The girl raised her head. "But I fear he has become mad," she said.
"Wheesht, Mem," said Dickson, who recognised the
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侦察员[机,舰]( scout的名词复数 ); 童子军; 搜索; 童子军成员 | |
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