"He was brought into the town by the men sent out by the mayor.

As, by his dress, he was evidently a gentleman of quality, they took him straight to the Couronne." "Was he alive ?" "Yes, sir; but, as I hear, the surgeons are unable to decide yet whether he will live.

The men you sent here arrived the day after he was brought in.

They told me that you would return, and put their horses here, but they are now in attendance on the wounded gentleman, who, it seems, is their lord." "Thank God, he is alive!" Desmond exclaimed.

"I have news for him that will do more than the surgeons can to restore him to himself." Leaving Mike to see the horses stabled, he hurried away to the other hotel.