The brightness and the freedom of the streets made him feel adventurous and happy.

But at two o'clock he was back in the corner of the big room.

Soon the work-girls went trooping past, making remarks.

It was the commoner girls who worked upstairs at the heavy tasks of truss-making and the finishing of artificial limbs.

He waited for Mr.Pappleworth, not knowing what to do, sitting scribbling on the yellow order-paper.