“Then in that case you did right.”
“I thought you ought to know,” said the nurse, dropping her eyes.
“Certainly. You acted with discretion. It would never do, were such the case, for Miss Evershed to be bending over the child’s body. Girls have so much false sentiment in a thing of that kind. The poor little fellow is now far beyond the reach of any sympathy which earth can give him.”
“That is what I thought, doctor. Well, I shall leave to-night.”
“Shall I order a cab for you?”
“No, thank you; I will go out later on and see to that myself.”
“Very well, nurse. Good-by. I shall find you at your old quarters, eh?”
“Yes.”
“You will not undertake a new case at present?”
“I shall never undertake a new case; you understand our compact?”