Passford, as
she arranged the cushions on the sofa for him. "Now, Florry, get a wrap
for him."
Christy stretched himself out on the sofa, for he was really fatigued by
the movements of the forenoon and the excitement of his return to the
scenes of his childhood.
"Tell them what the doctors said about my wound, Charley," he continued,
as he arranged himself for the enjoyment of a period of silence.
"Mr. Passford has had two surgeons," Mr. Graines began.
"Then he must have been very badly wounded!" ejaculated Florry, leaping
to a very hasty conclusion.
"Not at all," protested the engineer. "Both of them said he was not
severely wounded."
"Why was he sent home on a furlough?" asked Mrs. Passford.
"Because the weather was getting very hot in the Gulf of Mexico, and
it was believed that he would do better at home. He has been somewhat
feverish; but he is improving every day, and in a couple of weeks he
will be as well as ever."
"Thank God, it is no worse!" exclaimed Mrs. Passford.
Then she insisted that he should be quiet, and they all retired to the
library.
CHAPTER XXIV
LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHRISTOPHER PASSFORD
Christy Passford dropped asleep when left alone in the sitting-room, and
his slumber lasted a full hour. During this time Mr. Graines had related
the incidents of the action in which he had been wounded, and given a
full account of the expedition to Mobile Point.
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