You saved my life when you bayoneted two of the three who were grappling with me, and you seemed to be everywhere." "I did what little I could," Lisle said.

"I certainly did not intend to take the command, when the sergeant fell; but somehow I could not help shouting and, as our circle had closed in so, I slipped out of my place and fought wherever the pressure was greatest." "There is no doubt," the soldier said seriously, "that your mother's statement was a true one, and that a fairy did promise her to look after you.

Out of the eleven of us, only one besides yourself has escaped without a wound; and yet none of us exposed himself more than you did.

I shall not forget that I owe my life to you.

We must find some other name for you.