Chapter 47

"Neither one of them would talk to me. We camped under tents and soon my wound became infected. The fever that it caused, kept me from being able to stay awake. It took us five days to reach a castle. I was too weak to even fall off the horse, so the two knights carried me to a room that held other sick people. They threw me onto a cot and a few minutes later a woman came and cut my shirt and bandages off. When she saw the wound, she shook her head."

"She hollered for two men and another woman to have water brought up and put in a large hole in the ground. While the woman was gone, she cut up my pants. I was too weak to say anything.” He says a little embarrassed. “When the woman was finished with the water, she ordered the men to carry me and put me in the hole. The water was freezing! I tried to struggle but I could barely move. She dunke