Mr. Elmwood was very indignant and took Pierce, and Blane the
constable, into Bristol to see whether the felons could be captured
and brought to justice, but they proved to have gone down to the
wharf, and to have got on board a vessel which had dropped down the
river in the early morning. They were also more than suspected of
being no other than buccaneers who plied their trade of piracy in the
West Indies. The younger Ayliffe had gone with them, and was by no
means above suspicion.
Mr. Elmwood also brought out a barber surgeon to see young Kenton, a
thing which his sister would not have dared to propose. But there
was not much to be done, the doctor decided that the bullet was where
the attempt at extraction would be fatal, and that the only hope of
even partial recovery was in perfect stillness and silence--and this
Patience could promise to ensure as far as in her lay. Instructions
on dressing the wound were given to her, and she was to send in to
the barber's shop if ointment or other appliances were needed.
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