Then the Guardian dressed our hurts with some soothing ointment, and wrapped us round with blankets.

After this broth was brought, into which he mixed medicine, and giving me a portion to drink where I lay upon one of the beds, he took Leo's head upon his knee and poured the rest of it down his throat.

Instantly a wonderful warmth ran through me, and my aching brain began to swim.

Then I remembered no more.
After this we were very, very ill.

What may be the exact medical definition of our sickness I do not know, but in effect it was such as follows loss of blood, extreme exhaustion of body, paralysing shock to the nerves and extensive cuts and contusions.