She looked at him with surprise: at first hardly comprehending his meaning.
Then Kate came down the steps with the scissors.
'O Honor! How dreadful! I told him not to go! I told him you disapproved! And now he is punished. O Honor! is he badly injured? He is not killed?'
'No, Kate, he is not killed. How far hurt I cannot tell. Larry! you must let me move you. I may hurt you a little——'
'You cannot hurt me,' he said. 'I have hurt myself.'
'O Honor!' exclaimed Kate. 'If he can speak he is not so bad. Shall I help?'
'No, Kate,' answered Honor, 'go back to the cottage and give the young men what they want to clean their faces; those at the well also. I can manage Larry by myself.'
She stooped over him.
'Larry! you must let me raise you a little bit. Tell me truly, are any bones broken?'
'I do not know, Honor. I feel as if I could not move. I am full of pain, full in all my limbs, but most full in my heart.'