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Each human being was as a soldier in a vast army, and all were there under the same colours, led by the same general, to bear, with what courage they could, the fortunes of war. Two might be standing together, and one be wounded and the other untouched; many disabled, and many unhurt; some left on the field to die, others found and nursed back to life. But the soldier was not there to question.
When we come to this understanding, and decide that he should be killed, we invite him to make war with our enemies, on which occasion we all accompany him and his family to the war, when we lose some of our people. If he escapes unhurt, we return to the war again and fight for three or four days. We then suddenly abandon him and his family to their fate, leaving him in the enemy's hands.
As he said this, he walked down a side path which led past the tomb that had formed Dexter's target. "I dare say he has chipped the urn," he continued, feeling exceedingly vexed, as a Vicar always does when he finds any wanton defacement of the building and surroundings in his charge. "No," he said aloud, and in a satisfied tone, "unhurt. But tut tut tut tut! what tiresome young monkeys boys are!"
Eccles," she replied, "Robert's sending of me was to know if the horse was unhurt and safe." "Won't his legs carry him yet, Missis?" "His legs have been graciously spared, Mr. Eccles; it's his head." "That's where the liquor flies, I'm told." "Pray, Mr. Eccles, believe me when I declare he hasn't touched a drop of anything but tea in my house this past night."
To his astonishment, and the still greater surprise of two older hunters, the unhurt bull stuck to his comrade's side without flinching. He fired another shot, which took effect in the lungs of the first buffalo. The second sheered off for a moment, but instantly returned to his friend. The wounded buffalo became distressed, and slackened his pace.
But even if he escaped unhurt, and the suspicions of his comrades were allayed, what would the Khedive do? The Khedive had recognised him, and had done nothing so far. Yet Ismail, the chief Mussulman in Egypt, should have thrown him like a rat to the terriers!
As it chanced, Geoffrey was knocked senseless by the shock; but Beatrice, whose hand he still held, fell on to him and, with the exception of a few bruises and a shake, escaped unhurt. She struggled to her knees, gasping. The water had run off the rock, and her companion lay quiet at her side.
Dost thou not know that to-morrow or the day after I shall come back unhurt and victorious; and then shall both thou and Clement come to Upmeads and abide there as long as ye will; and then shall I tell thee a many tales of my wanderings; and Ursula my beloved, she also shall tell thee." Katherine reddened somewhat, but she said: "Would I might kiss her feet, dear lord.
He bore himself bravely through the whole of this trying time, and came out of the fights unhurt. During the retreat through White Oak Swamp, it was necessary to destroy a small foot-bridge over a little watercourse. The enemy were pressing on behind, and the task of demolishing the bridge was one of great danger.
He had on neither helmet nor breastplate, yet though many darts were hurled at him, all missed him, as if by some purpose of Providence, and, charging through the midst of his foes, he escaped unhurt. Part of the army now advanced to Scopos, within a mile of the city, while another occupied a station at the foot of the Mount of Olives.
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