It was cool and professional, and he spoke in a commanding way to his companion.

"You're heavier than I, so take him by the shoulders and hold his head well up.

I don't believe it's the cold, for his body is warm and comfortable.

I feel something wet and thick on his shirt, and it may be blood.

So hold his head well up." Between them they carried him back to the cabin, and with the quick alertness of a man accustomed to every emergency of his profession the doctor stripped off his two coats while Philip looked at the face of the man whom they had placed in his bunk.