Rockwell felt that he must hasten the crisis.
"Rockwell," Ingolby suddenly asked, "is there any chance of my discarding this and getting out to-morrow ?" He touched the handkerchief round his eyes.

"It doesn't matter about the head bandages, but the eyes--can't I slough the wraps to-morrow?
I feel scarcely any pain now." "Yes, you can get rid of the bandages to-morrow--you can get rid of them to-day, if you really wish," Rockwell answered, closing in on the last defence.
"But I don't mind being in the dark to-day if it'll make me fitter for to-morrow and get me right sooner.

I'm not a fool.

There's too much carelessness about such things.

People often don't give themselves a chance to get right by being in too big a hurry.