[By Right of Conquest by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookBy Right of Conquest CHAPTER 19: The Passage Of The Causeway 11/37
I have several arrow points sticking in me, in one place or another; but they have not gone deep.
My armor kept them out.
It was a blow on the head that felled me.
There were many Mexicans on the causeway, fighting with the Spaniards; and I was, of course, mistaken for one of them.
My helmet broke the blow, and I was stunned rather than injured, I think. "How came you to be just at that spot ?" "I was on the lookout for the prisoners, being determined to rescue Cacama, if possible; and as I was fighting, farther back, I heard it said that there were several white dresses among the Spaniards ahead.
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