But even while they watched his daring progress, Edmond's foot slipped, and they saw him stagger on the edge of a rock and disappear.

They all rushed towards him, for all loved Edmond in spite of his superiority; yet Jacopo reached him first.
He found Edmond lying prone, bleeding, and almost senseless.

He had rolled down a declivity of twelve or fifteen feet.

They poured a little rum down his throat, and this remedy which had before been so beneficial to him, produced the same effect as formerly.

Edmond opened his eyes, complained of great pain in his knee, a feeling of heaviness in his head, and severe pains in his loins.