I wish
those fellows would come, though, for my leg is hurting me amazingly,
and these burns on my hands and face are smarting horribly. Shout out
to them on the cliff, Conway, and tell them to send at once to fetch
Dr. Doran from the village. The wounded ought to be seen to as soon as
possible, and it is likely enough that some of them cannot be taken up
over the rocks to the top of the cliff. I dread the business myself."
In a quarter of an hour Sergeant Morris arrived with his party. By
this time Lieutenant Desmond had recovered consciousness, and although
in great pain from his broken arm was consoled upon hearing of the
complete success of the expedition. The soldiers were furious on
hearing that three of their comrades had been killed, and two of their
officers badly injured.
"Sergeant," Ralph said, "bring four of your men into the cave with me.
Now," he continued when they entered, "there is a pile of blankets in
that corner; take one of them and fasten it across two of the men's
muskets, so as to make a litter. Then we must lift Captain O'Connor
carefully and put him on it and get him outside. It will be a
difficult business getting him through the narrow entrance, but we
must manage it as well as we can. But first let us thoroughly examine
the caves; there may be another entrance somewhere.
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