Martin say? Not a word! Yes, I shall see her safely off the
place. Quiet now!" She kept up a continuous stream of sprightly chatter
to cover her own anxiety and to turn the current of her patient's
thoughts. By the time she had reached the entrance hall, however, Mandy
had vanished.
"Great silly goose!" said the indignant nurse. "I'd see myself far
enough before I'd give myself away like that. Little fool! He'll have
a temperature sure and I will catch it. Bah! These girls! Next time she
sees him it will not be here. I hope the doctor will just give me an
hour to get him quiet again."
But in this hope she was disappointed, for upon her return to her
patient she found Dr. Martin in the room. His face was grave.
"What's up, nurse? What is the meaning of this rotten pulse? What has he
been having to eat?"
"Well, Dr. Martin, I may as well confess my sins," replied the nurse,
"for there is no use trying to deceive you anyway. Mr. Cameron has had a
visitor and she has excited him."
"Ah!" said the doctor in a relieved tone. "A visitor! A lady visitor! A
charming, sympathetic, interested, and interesting visitor."
"Exactly!" said the nurse with a giggle.
"It was Miss Haley, Martin," said Cameron gravely.
The doctor looked puzzled.
"The daughter of the farmer with whom I was working," explained Cameron.
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