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"I don't know whether I'll faint at the sight of real blood," she said, "but I shall know pretty well what to do if I can keep my nerve." The application of anaesthetics was another thing fully explained by Gys, but this could not be demonstrated. Patsy, however, was taught the use of the hypodermic needle, which Maud and Beth quite understood.
"She is not strong enough to stand a scene. And no doubt Gherardi has come to make one! We will leave him to you, Mr. Leigh and to Gys Grandit!" She withdrew at once with Angela, and in another moment Gherardi was ushered in. He glanced quickly around him as he made his formal salutation, his eyes rested for a moment on Sylvie and Aubrey Leigh then he addressed himself to Prince Pietro.
His Church judges him a heretic and castaway for having confessed his sin at last to the people whom he so long deceived, but I for this, judge him as an honest man! And I have some little right to my opinion, for as Gys Grandit I have sought to proclaim the thoughts of many " He paused till the murmur of enthusiasm at mention of the name by which he was known through France should have ceased.
Merrick into Calais to-day, and while he had little to say during the various interviews his observations were shrewd and comprehensive. When they returned to the deck of the Arabella, Gys said to the girls: "There is nothing worth while for us to do here. The only wounded I saw were a few Frenchmen parading their bandaged heads and hands for the admiration of the women.
He was still thinking on this subject, when someone walking quickly came face to face with him, and said "Aubrey!" He started and stared, then uttered a cry of pleasure. "Gys Grandit!" The two men clasped each other's hands in a warm, strong grasp and for a moment neither could speak. "My dear fellow!" said Aubrey at last "This is indeed an unexpected meeting! How glad I am to see you!
"For my part, I am perfectly honest with you," said Moretti smiling darkly, "I told you, and I tell you again, that to me you are a heretic, accursed and excommunicate. You will, as the democrat 'Gys Grandit, no doubt feel a peculiar pleasure when your father is also declared accursed and excommunicate.
Gys stared so hard at him with the one good eye that even Maurie became embarrassed and turned away his head. Sipping his tea and brandy he presently resumed, in a casual tone: "Never have I indulged in work of more interest than this. We go into the thick of the fight, yet are we safe from harm. We do good to both sides, because the men who do the fighting are not to blame for the war, at all.
Jones and Maurie started away with the stretcher, Uncle John guiding them to the dunes where Maud was waiting, and presently they had the wounded German comfortably laid in the last bed. "Now, then, back to the ship," said Gys. "We have in our care two lives, at least, that can only be saved by prompt operations." Maurie got into the driver's seat. "Careful, now!" cautioned Jones, beside him.
No, I'm not morbid. I'm simply ruined, physically, for the practice of a profession I love, a profession I have fully mastered, and I'll be happier when I can shake off this horrible envelope of disfigurement." The energy of Doctor Gys was marvelous.
Gys on deck. "That German, Lieutenant Elbl," he began. "Oh, is that his name?" asked Gys. "Yes. Will he get well?" "Certainly. What is a foot, to a man like him? But his soldiering days are past." "Perhaps that's fortunate," returned the captain, ruminatively. "When I was a boy, his father was burgomaster mayor in Munich. People said he was well-to-do.
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