28/40 Where is he ?" "Back there--dead or very badly wounded! We've just had a fight with the king's men--" The lieutenant broke in with a sharp command to his men. Captain Plum! If he's not dead--" He started off at a half run beside Nathaniel. Without pausing he called back over his shoulder, "Regan, fall out and return to the ship. Tell the captain that Obadiah Price is badly wounded and that we want the surgeon on the run!" A turn in the path brought them to the opening where the fight had occurred. |