exhausted from the loss of blood, upon a mattress in a disused room-one
of those already so often mentioned--and locked the door, and left
him.
He passed a troubled night, and in the morning they found him talking
wildly. In the evening he came to himself, but felt very weak, and his
leg was exceedingly painful. Wondering where he was, and seeing one
of
the men-at-arms in the room, he began to question him, and soon
recalled
the events of the preceding night. As he was himself unable to watch
any
more, he told the soldier all he knew about the goblins, and begged
him
to tell his companions, and stir them up to watch with tenfold
vigilance; but whether it was that he did not talk quite coherently, or
that the whole thing appeared incredible, certainly the man concluded
that Curdie was only raving still, and tried to coax him into holding
his tongue. This, of course, annoyed Curdie dreadfully, who now felt in
his turn what it was not to be believed, and the consequence was that
his fever returned, and by the time when, at his persistent entreaties,
the captain was called, there could be no doubt that he was raving.
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