[Garthowen by Allen Raine]@TWC D-Link bookGarthowen CHAPTER VII 9/12
I saw it all from the window of the Market Hall.
He risked his life, I can tell you, sir, and you've got to thank him that the young lady is not killed." "Yes, yes, a brave young fellow, pommy word.
There comes the carriage, now raise her gently," and Will lifted the slender form as easily as he would have carried a swathe of corn. Slipping her gently into a recumbent position in the carriage, he endeavoured to rest her foot on the opposite seat, but she moaned and opened her eyes as he did so, crying out with evident pain. "'Tis plain the position hurts her," said her uncle. Will lifted the foot again, and the moaning ceased. "That's it," said the colonel; "sit down and hold it up." Will did as he was bid in a maze of bewilderment, and while the colonel continued to wonder, to lament, and to congratulate, Will made a soft cushion of a wrap which he found beside him, and resting the foot upon it he held the two ends, so that the injured limb hung as it were in a sling, thus lessening very much the effect of the jolting of the carriage over the rough road. "Drive slowly," said the colonel to his coachman, "and call at Dr. Jones's on your way.
Can you spare time to come as far as Nantmyny ?" he said, addressing Will. "Oh! yes, sir, certainly," he answered in good English. "Tis the right foot, I think," said the old gentleman, unbuttoning the boot. The girl opened her eyes. "Oh! uncle, it hurts," she said.
"Keep it up," and catching sight of Will, she looked inquiringly at her uncle. "Tis the young man who saved your life, child," he explained. "Oh! not that, sir," said Will.
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