"Departure!" echoed the child in great dismay. "Why, where are you going?"
"I have another case, my dear, which needs my attention."
"But you can't go now! You've got me to look after."
"My dear child!" cried the woman in shocked surprise. "Do you mean to say that no one has told you that I must go?"
"I hain't heard a word about it before," declared the distressed Peace. "Why do you have to go?"
"You don't need me any longer—"
"But I want you. Please don't go!"
"I must, childie. It is no longer necessary for you to have a special nurse. Your sister is here almost all the daytime, and you are getting around splendidly in your wheel-chair."
"But can't folks have special nurses when they don't need them, but just want them?"
"O, yes, if they have plenty of money so they can afford it, but it is a needless expense, and as you will have to stay here for many weeks yet, you surely don't want to make your grandfather pay extra for a special nurse whose work is done, do you?"