She was busy counting the beds and examining the long narrow apartment.

And this accomplished she added in an undertone: "I shall never have room enough.

They say that I must accommodate twenty-three patients.

We shall have to put some mattresses down." Sister Hyacinthe, who had followed the ladies after leaving Sister Saint-Francois and Sister Claire des Anges in a small adjoining apartment which was being transformed into a linen-room, then began to lift up the coverlets and examine the bedding.

And she promptly reassured Madame Desagneaux with regard to her surmises.