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God is with you. You won't forget that!"
"I won't, sir. I know it well," said Ewen earnestly.
Most of the stretcher cases had been hurried away. Only a few of the
more seriously wounded remained. As Barry turned away from the car, he
saw the medical officer and sergeant major approaching him.
"A terrible business," said Barry, in a horror-stricken voice. "Splendid
chaps. How plucky they are!"
The M. O. made no reply, but coming close to Barry, he put his arm
through his, the sergeant major taking him by the other arm.
"I say, Barry, old chap," said the M. O. in a grave voice, calling him
for the first time by his first name. "There is some one here that you
know well."
"Some one I know," said Barry, standing still and looking from one to
the other.
"Ay, sir. Some one we all know and greatly respect," replied the
sergeant major.
"Not--not--oh, not my father!"
The M. O. nodded.
"Bad, doctor? Not dying, doctor?" His face was white even in spite of
his tan. His hands closed about the doctor's arm in a grip that reached
to the bone.


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