“Now let him rest quietly,” said Doctor Dietz.
“But will you not give him something?” inquired Francis Tredegar.
“No.”
“No opiate?”
“Certainly not.”
“No anodyne?”
“Nothing. Let him rest for the present, only renew as they become heated, the cold water compresses on his wounds.”
Francis Tredegar constituted himself head nurse, and seated himself beside his patient.
Major Zollenhoffar entered the room.
“Prince Ernest leaves by the ten o’clock boat for Southampton; but wishes to know the state of the gentleman before he goes,” whispered the Major to Mr. Tredegar.