[Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad]@TWC D-Link bookWithin the Tides CHAPTER XII 323/325
He fought furiously till a tree, a house, a mountain, seemed to crash down upon his head--and he knew no more. * * * * * Here Mr.Byrne describes in detail the skilful manner in which he found his broken head bandaged, informs us that he had lost a great deal of blood, and ascribes the preservation of his sanity to that circumstance. He sets down Gonzales' profuse apologies in full too.
For it was Gonzales who, tired of waiting for news from the English, had come down to the inn with half his band, on his way to the sea.
"His excellency," he explained, "rushed out with fierce impetuosity, and, moreover, was not known to us for a friend, and so we.
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