But where was the messenger to be found?
No one's attention could be found disengaged from his own concerns.

Those who were able or willing to leave the city had sufficient motives for departure, in relation to themselves.

If vehicle or horse were procurable for money, ought it not to be secured for the use of Wallace himself, whose health required the easiest and speediest conveyance from this theatre of death?
My companion was powerless in mind as in limbs.

He seemed unable to consult upon the means of escaping from the inconveniences by which he was surrounded.

As soon as sufficient strength was regained, he had left the hospital.