as soon as
all was
over, came
forward
with
another
flag and
reverently
spread it
on the
body.
“Don’t you
take on,
sir,” he
said,
shaking
the
squire’s
hand.
“All’s
well with
him; no
fear for a
hand
that’s
been shot
down in
his duty
to captain
and owner.
It mayn’t
be good
divinity,
but it’s a
fact.”
Then he
pulled me
aside.
“Dr.
Livesey,”
he said,
“in how
many weeks
do you and
squire
expect the
consort?”
I told him
it was a
question
