Take another drink of water; then we will set about it." Dick did as he was ordered, and was evidently coming back to consciousness, for he looked round, and then said, "Where are the other fellows ?" "I don't know what has become of them.

I think I went down before you did.

However, here we are alone.

Now I am going to begin." He cut off the sleeve of the jacket and shirt at the shoulder, ripped open the seam to the neck, first taking off the rough bandage.
"It's a nasty cut, old man," he said, "but nothing dangerous, I should say.

I fancy it has gone clean through the shoulder bone, and there is no doubt that it will knit again, as Hassan's did, if they do but give you time." He rolled the shirt sleeve into a pad, saturated it with water, and laid it on the wound.
"You see I know all about it, Dick," he said cheerily, "from having watched the doctor at work on Hassan.