Hisvoicefalteredoverthelastwords——faltered，asifhewereactuallysheddingtears！
SirPercivalconfusedlyattemptedtoexcusehimself，buttheCountwastoomagnanimoustolistentohim。
`No！’hesaid。`Whenmyfriendhaswoundedme，Icanpardonhimwithoutapologies。Tellme，inplainwords，doyouwantmyhelp？’
`Yes，badlyenough。’
`Andyoucanaskforitwithoutcompromisingyourself？’