Early he dispatched tidings of his safety to his anxious sister, and now devoted himself to the suffering soldiery.

Midnight found him beside the couch of pain, and even as he bent to administer a sedative, a hand was lightly laid on his shoulder.

Looking up, Frank perceived the muffled form of a female, though unable to determine who stood beside him, for the face was entirely concealed by the mantilla.
"Can I do anything for you, Senora ?" "Dr.Bryant, will you leave your people here to see a dying Mexican--one who fell fighting against you ?" "Most assuredly, if I can render relief; but, Inez, you should not have ventured here on such an errand; could no messenger be found?
It was imprudent in you to come at this hour." "No matter; I felt no fear of your people, and mine would not molest me.

But I have little time to wait.

Manuel is sorely wounded: we bore him from the Alamo, and he lies at my father's.