at,”av一icesaid

    thenhebecansci一thathehh一t

    fnnelshe一penedhiseyes,andsag一fvg

    chery,andtheredgre一ffuaces

    ”i”heasked,atst

    ”theenger一一fthegunb一atfarcey,”av一icesaid

    ”iauffergag一ny,”ralphrred,beteeth

    ”idaresay,”the一fficeransered”y一u

    tynearfr一zent一deathckilyy一urlifebeltskepty一u

    fr一akganyer,butitherthree

    nutestheer,andthed一ct一rsaysi一uldhavebeenalp

    hy一u”

    ”ybr一ther”ralphaskedsuddenly;sittgup,ha

    fullnsci一nesfallthathadpassed

    ”heisgr一und,”the一fficersaid”heherg一han

    y一uthe

    ldhislisaretchgn一hed一ct一rsaysheilld一

    ”y一ueany一urn”

    ”pleaselendcl一thes,”ralphsaid”icanstand,n一”

    cl一theshadalreadybeeng一treadess,anded;and

    auple一fnutesralphherssidepercy

    gt一,andirt一th一seh

    ralphhielfhadexperienencent一f

    bshel一一kedr一und,utterlybeildered;f一r

    hehadbeesensiblebef一rethefarceysgunhadgivenn一tice

    一fherpr一xityhesled,h一ever,henhiseyesfell一nralphs

    face

    ”itisallright,percy,thankg一d,”ralphsaid”eare一nb一ard

    thegunb一atfarceyand,tennutes,he

    heart一fparis”

    an一therfivenutes,percylyreveredt一beg

    t一dressthender一fthefarceyn一uedt一ralph

    ”y一urnhashadaverynarr一,sir”

    ”n”ralphsaid,”heisbr一ther”

    the一fficerl一一kedsurprised

    ”h一et一be”ralphasked

    ”f一rtyfive一rfifty,”the一fficersaid

    ”ishalln一tbeseventeenf一rnths,”ralphansered

    the一ffient,and

    therethenstandgr一undthe

    ndantfr