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Good morning, my nurses answered.
Ne last, me. Come up from the pads? Is she bad?
Cracked Nancy on the cheek.
Sled. t she?
Sixteen, if shes a day.
Im seventeen, I said.
t me, in a considering sort of way.
Ser a minute.
Aint shough?
s rouble? Delusions?
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terested. too slig.
ell, they come in all sizes . . .
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you? Lets see you wash.
ter my face and arms, to was.
t ie cares y your toes are? s see your linen. S urned o Nurse Spiller, ? too good for
tll boil up to not ug. You take t off, dear. e s, quite safe, against t, are you shy?
S e our time. And you, a married lady.
I aint married, I said. And Ill to keep your my oockings and sie, and then youll be sorry.
t me and laughed.
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s pretty is.
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So t me keep it; and tood limp and let thes were
all mad ead of laces, and oo big for me.—Never mind, ts like boats. Plenty of room for gro to be a tartan, but tockings he shoes were of india-rubber.
ting t, in those!
te a minute. t me in t into plaits; and took out a needle and cotton, and ses to my head.
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