It is a bad case altogether," and he grinned with glee at his own pleasantry.
Then they fitted a long splint to my right leg from hip to ankle, so that I was helpless as a babe in its swaddlings, and made fast the other leg to that.

They did not do more than loosen the cords that bound me just enough to suffer them to pass the bandages round until the splint was on, and the other men stood in a ring and gibed at me all the time.

After that they bandaged my right arm across my chest as if for a slipped shoulder, but under the bandages were cords that pinioned my elbows to one another across my back, so that I could only move my left forearm.

Evan said that he would tie that also if need was, but it might pass now.

I could not reach my mouth with this free hand, if I did try to take out a gag.
Next they bandaged my head and chin carefully, so that only my eyes were to be seen.