I want to know before Lila comes in.

Why isn't she here?
Is she with--with--" She was breaking down, but caught herself back with surprising courage, and almost smiled, I was told.

Then in the shrill tones which will not be denied, she demanded again, "The mirror!" Nurse Unwin brought it.

Her patient evidently remembered the fall she had had in her sister's room, and possibly the smart to her cheek when it touched the hot iron.
"I see only my forehead," she complained, as the nurse held the mirror before her.

"Move it a little.