Rouse explained.
"Ah! And this gentleman?"
"Is Old Spicer. You've heard of him?"
"Heard of him? I should say so! Are you hurt, sir?"
"Slightly; nothing to speak of, though. But our comrades, I fear, have suffered."
"What! these two? Are these our men?"
"Yes."
"Who's this one?"
"Matt Quinn," answered Rouse.
"Well, poor fellow, he's as dead as a door-nail. And this?"