With Karl's assistance he mounted in side-saddle fashion and, Karl leading the horses, made for the tents of the king's staff, five hundred yards away.

Captain Diedrich, the officer who shared the tent with Fergus, helped Karl to lift him down and carry him in.
"Do you want a surgeon to see you ?" "No, they must have thousands of serious cases on hand.

I merely fainted from loss of blood.

The two wounds in my head cannot be very serious, and Karl has bandaged them up as well as a surgeon could do.

The worst wound is in my leg.