He had recognized me at once, but I had not noticed who it was.

I told him to try and save himself, but he would not hear of it.
"'Monsieur will require my aid," he said, 'and it is my duty to render it.

Besides, I am as likely to escape one way as the other.
Monsieur knows more about the roads than I do, and will be able to direct me.' "Of course, I assented, for I was glad indeed to have him with me.
As soon as we hid up in a wood, he cut two strips of bark off the trunk of a young tree, cut off the sleeve of my coat and shirt, put the arm straight and, with a strip torn off my sash first bandaged it, and then applied the two pieces of bark as splints, and finally bound another bandage round them.
"He had carried with him the blanket and valises he had taken off the saddle.

The latter contained a bottle of wine, and some food, and on this we lived for three days.

Then I determined upon starting.