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The doctors left the castle at last, having given the hospital-orderly the necessary instructions to carry out during their absence. As Rademacher was the medical officer on duty, he went the rounds once more before leaving; and Vogt, whose head had been re-bandaged and who had scarcely thought of meat and drink, now took some milk-soup at his desire.
But when cuts had been bathed and re-bandaged and evidences of the conflict removed, and a short inspection made to see if there was anything to fear from savages, the arms were examined and made ready, a watch was set; and in the shade of the cocoa-nut grove the greatest boon of the weary was sought and found for by mid-day, when the sun was scorching in its power, all had gladly lain down to rest and find the sleep that would prepare them for the struggle for life in which they were to engage.
When the regiment halted to fill canteens the little sister washed and re-bandaged his face and head. It was a ragged slash running from the left ear across the cheek-bone and eyebrow into the hair above the temple a deep, swollen, angry wound.
Wombo could have pulled the thing out, and in a few hours the gin would have been all right again. 'You think so well in a few hours she was in a high fever. I took her temperature this morning when I re-bandaged the wound. McKeith laughed shortly. 'It wouldn't be surprising, if you had given her grog and tobacco and as much meat as she wanted. That what you did, eh? 'Yes, it was.
"We must put an end to such alarms as this, Master Rayburn," said Sir Morton angrily. "Ay; and the sooner the better," cried that gentleman, as he carefully re-bandaged the lad's hurt. "I wonder," he said to himself, "whether Ralph has told him how he obtained his wound? Is this the beginning of the end?"
Frank, who had just re-bandaged the injured limb, asked her what she meant. "I've seen Aunt Juliet," she said, "and I find that she's quite dropped Christian Science and is frightfully keen on Woman's Suffrage. That's always the way with her. When she's done with a thing she simply hoofs it without a word of apology to anyone. It was the same with the uric acid.
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