“A prisoner has attempted to escape, and is dreadfully injured. The governor thought you had better see him.”
“Oh, certainly, by all means I will do so,” observed the chaplain, who at once left the cell with the prison official.
CHAPTER CXVII.
THE ATTEMPTED ESCAPE—MURDOCK, THE SMUGGLER.
When Mr. Leverall reached the infirmary he approached the bedside of one of the patients to whom his attention had been directed by the surgeon.
The man appeared to be almost in a state of collapse.
“Is he in immediate danger?” said the chaplain to the doctor.
“I think not, but his injuries are very serious. He has sustained a compound fracture of the leg, two broken ribs, besides other casualties consequent upon his falling from a high wall on to the stone flags of the yard.”
“How very terrible! It’s that man Murdock, I see.”
“Yes, the smuggler, as he is termed. A most determined, incorrigible ruffian.”