"It is lucky that it was not a little higher.

If it had been, you would have bled to death in five minutes.

As it is, it is not serious.

You will have to keep your arm in a sling for a fortnight.

You are not to attend parade, or mount a horse, until I give you leave." On the ride from Versailles, Desmond had warned Mike to say no word as to the events of the night.
"I do not know what course the young lady's father may take," he said, "and until I do, the matter had better be kept a secret, altogether." "I will keep a quiet tongue in my head, and no one shall hear anything, from me, as to how I got this slice on my shoulder.