第79节 (第2/2页)

asto

    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

    ...