CHAPTER XI 

THE BAT'S EXIT 

_Columbine_ rolled heavily on the broken swell and the lamp that swung from a beam threw a puzzling light about the cabin. Now and then water splashed on the deck and the slack sails flapped. The fresh breeze had dropped, although the sea had not yet gone down, and Marston had set the topsail and the balloon jib. The light canvas would chafe and was not of much use, but he must reach Kingston as soon as possible. He was exhausted by physical effort and anxious watching, and when Rupert replaced the bandage on his comrade's face he leaned back slackly on the locker seat. 

Wyndham lay in an upper berth, in the faint draught that came down through the open skylight. A wet cloth covered his face and the cabin smelt of drugs. He did not move and had not been altogether conscious for some time. Rupert wore Harry's white clothes and looked, in the unsteady light, like a rather haggard and jaundiced Englishman. Marston had noted his firm touch when he fixed the bandage and now he was methodically putting back some bottles in the medicine chest. When he finished he bent over the berth for a moment, as if he listened to Wyndham's breathing. 

"I think he will live," he said. "Although he is very weak, we have got the fever down, and the wound is not as septic as it was. Anyhow, you must get him into hospital at Kingston soon." 

Marston remembered afterwards that Rupert had said _you_, not we, and thought it significant. Now, however, he was dully pondering something else. 
whose face was covered with a wet cloth?
where were they going to?
what had chafed?
what is the name of the boat?
do they think he will live?
was Rupert wearing his own clothes?
then whose?
was the wound still as septic?
did he check to see if Wyndham was still alive?
how?
who was exhausted?
who was exhausted by physcial effort?
what did Marston set up?
and?
what did the cabin smell of?
was Wyndham strong?
had he been conscious?
who replaced the bandage?
who put the medicine bottles back?
what were they going to to in Kingston?
Wyndham
Wyndham
Kingston
Kingston 
The light canvas
The light canvas
Columbine
Columbine
yes
"I think he will live,
no
. Rupert wore Harry's white clothes
Harry
Harry
no
the wound is not as septic as it was
yes
 as if he listened to Wyndham's breathing.
listening to his breathing
as if he listened to Wyndham's breathing.
Wyndham
Wyndham
Marston
Marston 
topsail
topsail
the balloon jib
 the balloon jib
drugs
 drugs
no
Although he is very weak
no
d had not been altogether conscious for some time
Marston
Marston
Marston
Marston
getting him into a hospital
get him into hospital at Kingston soon.