And, running out as fast as I was able,[279]
I found the military commandant
Stretched in the street, and able scarce to pant.
XXXIV.
Poor fellow! for some reason, surely bad,
They had slain him with five slugs; and left him there
To perish on the pavement: so I had
Him borne into the house and up the stair,
And stripped, and looked to[EX]——But why should I add
More circumstances? vain was every care;