For the first time in months her impatience got the better of her. "Oh, I know, of course, that you would like us to fight Germany; but it seems to me that if you stopped to think of all the suffering it would mean——"
"I do stop to think."
"Then there isn't any use talking!"
"Not about that; but considering the uncertainty of the immediate future, don't you think we might try, in some way, to cut down a bit?"
Turning away from him, she gazed thoughtfully into the fire. "If it is really necessary——?"
"It may become necessary at any moment."
At this she looked straight up at him. "Well, since Letty is so much better, I am sure that there is no need for us to keep a trained nurse for her."
She had aimed squarely, and he flinched at the blow. "But the child is so happy."
"She would be just as happy with any one else."
"No other nurse has ever done so much for her. Why, she has been like a different child since Miss Meade came to her."