Blunt was again twice hit; but Lisle escaped, almost by a miracle, and arrived at the foot of the precipice a minute after the last man got in.

He was loudly cheered, by the men, as he did so.
He had the satisfaction of knowing that Blunt's wounds, although serious, were not considered mortal.

When the regiment halted on the plateau, Lisle was warmly congratulated by the colonel and officers on the feat he had performed; but he disclaimed any particular merit.
"When Blunt fell," he said, "it was the most natural thing in the world that I should go and pick him up; and I did so almost mechanically.

Luckily he was a light man but, even if he had been a heavy one, I don't think I should have felt his weight.

I was scarcely conscious of the bullets whistling round me.