The Trail of the Sword, Volume 1 by Gilbert Parker
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Moyne."
But he was busy as he spoke. With the native chivalry of the woodsman, he cared first for the girl. Between her lips he thrust his drinking- horn and held her head against his shoulder. "My little ma'm'selle-ma'm'selle!" he said. "Wake up. It is nothing-- you are safe. Ah, the sweet lady! Come, let me see the colour of your eyes. Wake up--it is nothing." Presently the girl did open her eyes. He put the drinking-horn again to her lips. She shuddered and took a sip, and then, invigorated, suddenly drew away from him. "There, there," he said; "it is all right. Now for my poor Iberville." He took Iberville's head to his knee and thrust the drinking-horn between his teeth, as he had done with Jessica, calling him in much the same fashion. Iberville came to with a start. For a moment he stared blindly at his rescuer, then a glad intelligence flashed into his eyes. "Perrot! dear Nick Perrot!" he cried. "Oh, good--good," he added softly. Then with sudden anxiety: "Where is she? Where is she?" "I am safe, monsieur," Jessica said gently; "but you--you are wounded." She came over and dropped on her knees beside him. "A little," he said; "only a little. You cared for her first?" he asked of Perrot. |
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