I do not say that I should not have enjoyed myself at the baron's chateau, for that I should have done; but the adventures that I have gone through will remain in my mind, all my life, as having gained the friendship of yourself, the baron, and his daughter." "Friendship seems to me too mild a word for it, Desmond.

You have earned a gratitude so deep that it will be a pain to us, if we cannot show it in deeds." "And now, Philip," Desmond said, changing the subject abruptly, "I suppose that you will be, at once, sending off one of your men with the news that you are in a fair way towards recovery.
Mademoiselle de Pointdexter is suffering at the thought that you were probably killed.

I did my best to give her hope, but without much success.

Your two retainers have been fretting greatly that they were not allowed to see you, but I think that now they can be brought up, and you can choose one of them to act as your messenger.

He will, of course, ride post, and can arrive at Pointdexter very soon after the baron, if indeed he does not get there first.