"The next but one."
"Have I been wandering?"
"A little."
"Did I call for anybody?"
"Yes."
She dare not ask whom, but lay wondering if Alick knew where she was and what had happened to her. After a while she said,
"Is it in the papers?"
The nurse nodded, and after a moment, with her eyes down, Bessie said,
"Has anybody been here to ask for me?"
"Yes, your mother—she comes night and morning."