"Certainly, I'll come at once."
She hastened after the older woman, leaving the doctor to draw up the cover over the old man.
"Nurse!"
There was a note of slight annoyance in the doctor's voice as he viewed her abrupt departure.
"I won't be a second, doctor…. Oh, what has he done to his hand?"
She was already beside Roger. He was endeavouring to staunch the flow of blood with his aunt's handkerchief, which was already sopping.
"My dear girl, it's merely a cut. If you can get me a towel or something——"
"Let me look."
Gently she examined the deep and jagged wound.
"Ugh! What a horrid affair! It must be seen to properly. Will you hold your hand over this newspaper while I fetch some water and bandages?"