She inclined to think more highly of him for having courted exposure on a miserable frontier war where but a poor sheaf of glory could be gathered.

And he seemed to estimate his professional duties apart from an aim at the laurels.

A conception of the possibility of a man's being both a soldier and morally a hero edged its way into her understanding.

It stood edgeways within, desirous of avoiding a challenge to show every feature.
The cares of nursing were Jane's almost undividedly, except for the aid she had from her friend Grace Barrow and from Miss Colesworth.

Mrs.
Adister O'Donnell was a nurse in name only.