"You know that for your sake I am enduring a companionship that is odious to me," she said, in a low voice.
At that moment, Meyer Isaacson came into the room.
"We must get the patient to bed as soon as possible," he said, in his quiet, practical, and strong voice.
"I'll go and see about the room," said Mrs. Armine.
She went away quickly.
When she got upstairs there were drops of blood on her lower lip.
XLI
Nigel had come to hate the Loulia. They had no further need of her, and he begged his wife to telegraph to Baroudi in his name to take her away as soon as he liked.
"Ibrahim has his address, I know," he said.