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"A very good name, O Princess,
and beloved of old by Diana--
"'Aeternum telorum et virginitatis amorem
Intemerata--'
"But I come at your bidding and must first of all apologize for some
little delay; the cause being that your messenger found me busy
patching up a bullet-hole in one of your men."
"Giuseppe is not dead?"
"He is not dead, and on the whole I incline to think he is not going
to die, though you will allow me to say that the rogue deserved it.
The other three gentlemen-at-arms despatched by you are at this
moment bringing him up the hill, very carefully, following my
instructions. He will need care. In fact, it will be touch-and-go
with him for many days to come."
While he talked, my father, catching sight of me, had stepped to
Nat's couch. Nodding to me without more ado to lift the patient and
cut away his shirt, he knelt, unrolled his case of instruments, and
with a "Courage, lad!" bent an ear to the faint breathing. In less
than a minute, as it seemed, his hand feeling around the naked back
came to a pause a little behind and under the right arm-pit.


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