11/16 You saved me from the hoofs of le Docteur Jameray's horse, and lent me your handkerchief. Then, turning to his companions, he said, "Excuse me; I attend these young persons a little way. They are friends, and the young man is ill." In fact, my head swam round, and I swooned again, and have no remembrance but of a confused babble of sounds. When I came to, Madeleine and the needle-seller, whose name was La Croissette, were conveying me between them; or, in fact, he was chiefly carrying me, and she supporting my feet. I said, "Set me down, I'll try to walk," but found I could not. |