“Could you get up for a moment or two?”
“O, yes! I feel like a new man,” answered the patient, who was not only strengthened but exhilarated by the strong liquor he had taken.
“Let me put these clothes on you.”
“Clothes?” said the major, as he rose to his feet.
“Yes: I have a whole suit for you,” replied Somers, as he assisted him to put on the dress he had brought.
They were warm and dry, and the poor fellow manifested a childish delight as he put them on. They were rather small, but they were warm and comfortable. To these was added the overcoat.
“Now, could you eat bacon and bread?” asked Somers.
“Could I eat them? I could if I had them.”
“You have them,” replied his attentive friend, as he brought the basket to his couch.
They both ate heartily, and when they had finished, De Banyan declared that he could walk ten miles more that night.