[The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales by Arthur Conan Doyle]@TWC D-Link bookThe Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales CHAPTER V 10/18
"Here, run to the burn.
Jock, for a hatful of water.
Quick, man, or he's gone! I'll loosen his things the while." Away I tore, and was back in a minute with as much water as would Stay in my Glengarry.
Jim had pulled open the man's coat and shirt, and we doused the water over him, and forced some between his lips.
It had a good effect; for after a gasp or two he sat up and rubbed his eyes slowly, like a man who is waking from a deep sleep. But neither Jim nor I were looking at his face now, for our eyes were fixed upon his uncovered chest. There were two deep red puckers in it, one just below the collar bone, and the other about half-way down on the right side.
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