Ali threw himself at full length on the ground and closed his eyes.
"Ah!" exclaimed the count, "you have a man on this rock?"
Ali nodded gleefully.
"And do you know who he is?"
Ali's look expressed doubt. He put his hand to his forehead and shook his head to indicate that his memory had deserted him.
"Is the man wounded?"
"Yes," nodded Ali.
"Dead?"
"No," shaking his head.
"But he is not able to move?"