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Four Days of Anguish

           McNabbsdresseditwithgreatskill.Hecouldnottellwhethertheweaponhadtouchedanyvitalpart.Anintermittentjetofscarletbloodflowedfromit;thepatient’spalenessandweaknessshowedthathewasseriouslyinjured.TheMajorwashedthewoundfirstwithfreshwaterandthenclosedtheorifice;afterthisheputonathickpadoflint,andthenfoldsofscrapedlinenheldfirmlyinplacewithabandage.Hesucceededinstoppingthehemorrhage.Mulradywaslaidonhisside,withhisheadandchestwellraised,andLadyHelenasucceededinmakinghimswallowafewdropsofwater.

           Afteraboutaquarterofanhour,thewoundedman,whotillthenhadlainmotionless,madeaslightmovement.Hiseyesunclosed,hislipsmutteredincoherentwords,andtheMajor,bendingtowardhim,heardhimrepeating:"MyLordtheletterBenJoyce."

           TheMajorrepeatedthesewords,andlookedathiscompanions.WhatdidMulradymean?BenJoycehadbeentheattackingparty,ofcourse;butwhy?Surelyfortheexpresspurposeofinterceptinghim,andpreventinghisarrivalattheDuncan.Thisletter

           GlenarvansearchedMulrady’spockets.TheletteraddressedtoTomAustinwasgone!

           Thenightworeawayamidanxietyanddistress;everymoment,theyfeared,wouldbepoorMulrady’slast.Hesufferedfromacutefever.TheSistersofCharity,LadyHelenaandMaryGrant,neverlefthim.Neverwaspatientsowelltended,norbysuchsympathetichands.

           Daycame,andtherainhadceased.

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