Indeed, on one of the stages, when he stopped for a moment's breathing,
he kissed the little garments devoutly, and then laughed shamefacedly at
himself for his foolishness, and glanced round quickly lest any should
have witnessed it.
So down, down, till he came to the level, and crept along the adit to
the shore.
They had dragged John Thomas up on to the shingle, and he lay there
half-dead and fuller of water than was his custom.
Nance looked up quickly at the sound of Gard's feet, and the paled-brown
of her face flushed red at sight of him, and then a grateful gleam
lighted it as he dropped her things into her hand and bent over John
Thomas, who was showing signs of life in a dazed and water-logged
fashion.
"You did splendidly, you two," he said to Bernel. "It's a grand thing to
save a man's life, even if it's only John Thomas," for John Thomas had
found this land of free spirits too much for him, and had become a
soaker and an indifferent workman.
"He'll be all right after a bit," he added. "I told them to send down
some brandy," at which John Thomas groaned heavily to show his
extremity.
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