“Well, then?” she said.
“Nothing, only the doctor’s had to put some salve on them, and they don’t look very pretty.”
“I don’t mind that, if it’s all right.”
“But we’ve had to put a bandage over them, and it looks forbidding. Also the child is apt to cry.”
“I must see her at once!” she exclaimed.
“Just now she’s asleep, so don’t make us disturb her.”
“But how long will this last?”
“Not very long. Meantime you must be sensible and not mind. It’s something I made the doctor do, and you mustn’t blame me, or I’ll be sorry I came to you.”
“You dear thing,” she said, and put her hand in mine. And then, suddenly: “Why did you take it into your head to come, all of a sudden?”
“Don’t ask me,” I smiled. “I have no excuse. I just got homesick and had to see you.”