“Sh-h!” said Katherine again.
“There’s a lady here who’s very sick,” continued Katherine in a low, grave voice. “She was getting drowned in the lake and Slim and I brought her in in the launch and revived her, and now she’s in our tent asleep.”
A murmur of excitement rose up from the crowd, which Katherine stilled with uplifted hand.
“Oh, the poor thing!” said Gladys in a whisper. “How dreadful it must be! Will she be all right now, do you think?”
“She’s out of danger,” replied Katherine, “but she hasn’t spoken yet. We worked for more than an hour over her.”
“Oh, why did I have to miss it?” wailed Sahwah. “After all the drill we’ve had reviving drowned persons, to think that when a real chance came you should be the only ones on hand!”
“May we see her?” asked Gladys.
“You may take a peep at her if you will be very quiet,” replied Katherine in the tones of a trained nurse.
83With unnatural quiet they ascended the path to the tents, each resolved not to do anything to make a disturbance. The twins were carried along with them unceremoniously.
“Which tent is she in?” asked Gladys.