“You must get to a doctor and have this stitched as soon as possible,” he said.
“There is a – doctor who will help me if I can – reach the next town.”
“You will manage that,” Rex added confidently.
“This was all I could find,” Quenella said, holding out the piece of bread.
The man on the floor took it from her and devoured it hungrily like a dog who has not eaten for a long time.
“I have remembered that there is some chocolate in my dressing case,” Rex said, “and will you at the same time bring me my razors?”
She looked at him in surprise, but again she obeyed without question.
She found the razors in a neat leather case and the chocolate was in a packet such as was issued to soldiers when they are on manoeuvres.
She took it back to her compartment and as she entered she saw to her
