“Was there nobody in sight?”
“That infernal coward of a watchman, but I couldn't get him near the tent—he's had smallpox, too.”
“I should think the nurse could have helped a little, that is if she knew where to take hold of it, and what to do with it when she got hold.”
“O, she sputtered around some and imagined she was helping.”
“Poor thing,” said Mary, laughing, “I know just how bewildered she was with you storming commands at her which she couldn't understand—women can't.”
Ting-a-ling-ling-ling. Ting-a-ling-ling-ling. Ting-a-ling-ling-ling.
The doctor helloed gruffly.
“Is this you, Doc?”
“Looks like it.”
“We want ye to come down here an' diagnosis these cases.”