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CHAPTER VIII
"TIME passed"
"Of course, time never stops, so it is useless to say that it passed. Tell me, rather, what became of the poor Spahi?"
"He died, poor fellow! At first there was a general sauve qui peut from Briancourt's. Dr. Charles sent for his instruments and extracted the pieces of glass, and I was told that the poor young man suffered the most excruciating pains like a Stoic without uttering a cry or a groan; his courage was indeed worthy of a better cause. The operation finished, Dr. Charles told the sufferer that he ought to be transported to the hospital, for he was afraid that an inflammation might take place in the pierced parts of the intestines.
