Chapter 34Tom went back to the road and returned with a broken piece of wood which had come off the cart during the accident. He had noticed it laying in the dirt when they were assisting Paul back onto his feet. Tom broke the board further to make it the right length, and they created a primitive splint. They attached it to the arm with a strip of linen.
Paul was closely watching Tom get the splinting materials together and did not realize what Catherine was doing until she grasped his upper arm and said: “Don't move.” The cold, wet sensation of the alcohol pad was noticeable just before he saw her plunge the twenty-two gauge needle into bicep.
“Morphine?” he asked.
“Yes, ten milligrams. Also, swallow these.” She gave him several orange pills, “Eight hundred of ibuprofen too. That will
