"Perhaps, sir," said Emily, "he is not so bad as you think; let us hear
before we condemn him."
Her resentment, if her gentle nature had for a moment harbored such a
feeling, had all given way to the abundant sympathy she felt for the
doctor in his deep distress. Forgiving as the spirit of mercy, she now
applied restoratives to the man who had so lately attempted to wrong
her; and Dr. Vaudelier, with a sad heart, assisted her in her merciful
duty.
Hatchie, on his approach to the cottage, had been assailed by the men
whom Vernon had sent to secure him. A severe encounter had ensued, and
although Hatchie's great muscular power and skill had enabled him to
keep his assailants at bay, he would eventually have had the worst of
it; but Jerry Swinger came to his aid in season for him to save his
mistress from injury. Vernon's party, like that of Maxwell, were all
secured.
The noise caused by the entrance of Vernon had awakened Henry Carroll
from his slumbers. He listened, but could not make out the occasion of
it; for, in consideration of his feeble condition, he had not been
informed of the meditated attack.
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