to the nurses. I said,
I stay make me.
Cant it?
But take!
Nurse Bacon yawned and rolled s enough.
My name aint Maud, I ansell you? It aint Maud Rivers!
S Nurse Bacons eye. ? S, by the hour.
Nurse Bacon put o hem.
Dont care to speak nicely? s t a suation as a nurse. See . Spoil e little hough.
Still rubbing , s mine. I gazed them behind my back. I said,
I only got e to a lady. It lady t tricked me. I—
Maid to a lady! t t take t plenty girls suppose t one t t s novel, t is. e so put you in tch.
I stamped my foot.
For fucks sake! I cried.
t stopped t me again about t as before—t so t and gave a cry. Betty, t girl, began to moan.
t tors due, any minute.
S me stagger a straigors o t to Betty, to bully of ears. to the old woman.
You finisening your buttons, you creature! sake your your moutant. I told you a imes, you s, and c know why I warn you, we should all be glad if you did . . .
I looked at t it open, and I from t to
ours—and t meant tors were coming.
And I t, after all, t I ster case for myself in standing and talking quietly ie, t s. I moved close to my bed, putting my knee to it to keep my leg from trembling; and I felt for my o tidy it—forgetting, for t, t titc to my off, running. t of us stood in silence, listening out for tors footsteps. Nurse Spiller s me.
You congue, you trollop, she said.
e ed for about ten minutes, tir in tie and Dr Graves came o t over Dr Gravess note-book.
Dear ladies, good morning, said Dr Cie, looking up. first to Betty. ty? Good girl. You your medicine, of course.
o and broug a piece of sugar. Sook it, and curtseyed.
Good girl, ell me you o tears. t is not good. shink?
S know, sir.
hmm?
ook , all time murmuring to Dr Graves, he pale old lady.
Miss ilson, s oday? asked Dr Cie.
None but the usual ones, she ans