'I am sorry to give you such a long walk.

But the doctor said he couldn't last long, and the poor fellow seemed so eager when he heard your name.' "'Oh, he _does_ know me then ?' said Jack, his interest reviving.

'I didn't understand.' "'Oh yes.

I mentioned your name when I heard it, and he said at once if it was _Jack_ Berkeley he would extremely like to see him.

It was stupid of me not to ask his name.' "'I'll be ready to go with you in a moment,' said Jack, after frantic efforts discovering in a bucket a very small reserve of water with which he managed to wash his face clear of some part of its grimy covering.
'My servant's gone to Balaclava to see what he could get in the way of food for a change from these dreadful salt rations.