run up our ladder. After him every man of you - and spread!”
I looked in vain for Rattray and the rest; yet it seemed as if only one of them had escaped. I was still looking when the man in the porch wheeled back into the hall, and instantly caught sight of me at my door.
“Hillo! here’s another of them,” cried he. “Out you come, young fellow! Your mates are all dead men.”
“They’re not my mates.”
“Never mind; come you out and let’s have a look at you.”
I did so, and was confronted by a short,
her that Rattray had found me harmless and was done with me, therefore there was no need for her to put herself out any further on my account. In the morning, finding me really ill, she had gone to the hall in alarm; her subsequent attentions were an act of obedience; and in their midst came Rattray himself to my bedside.