Good Falls Sick

           Afterthefightwasended,SirHenryandGoodwerecarriedintoTwala’shut,whereIjoinedthem. Theywerebothutterlyexhaustedbyexertionandlossofblood,and,indeed,myownconditionwaslittlebetter. Iamverywiry,andcanstandmorefatiguethanmostmen,probablyonaccountofmylightweightandlongtraining;butthatnightIwasquitedoneup, and,asisalwaysthecasewithmewhenexhausted,thatoldwoundwhichtheliongavemebegantopain. AlsomyheadwasachingviolentlyfromtheblowIhadreceivedinthemorning,whenIwasknockedsenseless. Altogether,amoremiserabletriothanwewerethateveningitwouldhavebeendifficulttodiscover; andouronlycomfortlayinthereflectionthatwewereexceedinglyfortunatetobetheretofeelmiserable,insteadofbeingstretcheddeadupontheplain,assomanythousandsofbravemenwerethatnight,whohadrisenwellandstronginthemorning. 

           Somehow,withtheassistanceofthebeautifulFoulata, who,sincewehadbeenthemeansofsavingherlife,hadconstitutedherselfourhandmaiden,andespeciallyGood’s,wemanagedtogetoffthechainshirts,whichhadcertainlysavedthelivesoftwoofusthatday. AsIexpected,wefoundthatthefleshunderneathwasterriblycontused,forthoughthesteellinkshadkepttheweaponsfromentering,theyhadnotpreventedthemfrombruising. BothSirHenryandGoodwereamassofcontusions,andIwasbynomeansfree.