Inside M.Evanturel's house the injured man was laid upon a couch.

Charley examined his wounds, and, finding them severe, advised that the Cure be sent for, while he and Jo Portugais set about restoring him to consciousness.

Jo had skill of a sort, and his crude medicaments were efficacious.
When the Cure came, the injured man was handed over to his care, and he arranged that in the evening Boily should be removed to his house, to await the arrival of the doctor from the next parish.
This was Charley's public introduction to the people of Chaudiere, and it was his second meeting with Rosalie Evanturel.
The incident brought him into immediate prominence.

Before he left the post-office, Filion Lacasse, Maximilian Cour, and Mrs.Flynn had given forth his history, as related by Jo Portugais.

The village was agog with excitement.
But attention was not centred on himself, for Rosalie's courage had set the parish talking.