There was now no doubt that he was alive.

He breathed faintly but regularly; his pulse beat less rapidly and more firmly.

His face was deadly pale and very thin, and his half-opened eyes stared unconsciously upwards, but they were not glazed nor death-like.

He seemed to have lost little blood, comparatively speaking.
"Bah!" ejaculated the squire.

"I believe he is only badly frightened, after all." Holmes brought brandy and warm water and again left the room.