“Done what?”
“Oh, I forgot I had not had a chance to tell you. When I made my first call this morning I learned that Miss Sherman had discharged the nurse.”
“Discharged the nurse?”
“Yes. During the night.”
“But what for?”
“Miss Sherman said they could not afford to keep her.”
“But with Elsie so dangerously sick, this is no time to economize!”
“Exactly what I told her. And I said there were plenty of friends who would have been happy to supply the necessary money.”
“And what did she say?”
“Very little. She’s a silent, determined woman, you know. She said that even at such a time they could not accept charity.”