A motor car would
have been sent, he added, but almost all the bridges were washed away
and they could get no nearer than Lieva Rieka.
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CHAPTER XXII
ANDRIEVITZA TO POD
A problem met us in the morning. Willett was quite ill and only fit for
bed. But bed was impossible. We had just escaped from the sound of the
guns, and did not know which way the Austrians were coming. To wait was
too risky; others would certainly get seedy and sooner or later some one
might get seriously ill. We felt we must push on to Podgoritza and be
within hail of doctor and chemist. But Willett looked very wretched,
lying flat and refusing breakfast.
We plied him with chlorodyne; but the chlorodyne did not like him and
they parted company. We tried chlorodyne followed by brandy with better
effect. Others also showed a distinct interest in the chlorodyne bottle.
We felt very anxious: milk was almost unprocurable, other comforts nil.
We finally decided that if he was going to have dysentery he had better
have it decently and in order at Podgoritza, than stand the chance of
being suddenly surprised by the Austrians and made to walk endless
distances.
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