36/44 I can only rebandage it again, and give you a lotion to pour over it, from time to time. You can trust me.' "'I am a sailor,' I said, 'captain of my own craft. I am also a Vendean and, as the cause is now lost, I am making my way down to the sea. I hope, in some way or other, to make my escape to England, where I have friends, my wife being an Englishwoman. What I require more than anything is a suit of sailor's clothes.' "'I will do what I can to help you, my friend. |