14/33 We shall get you all out as soon as we can, for the stench of this town at present is dreadful, and wounds cannot be expected to do well in such a poisoned atmosphere." "Is this man badly hit, doctor ?" "Very dangerously. I have scarcely a hope of saving him, and think it probable that he may not live another twenty-four hours. Of course, he may take a change for the better. I have finished here now." "It must have been a bad time for you, doctor," Mallett said, as they went across. |