But in such an emergency Grizel was as useful as any doctor, and by the time Gemmell arrived in haste the invalid was being brought to.
The doctor was a practical man who did not ask questions while there was something better to do.

Had he asked any as he came in, Grizel would certainly have said: "He wanted to faint to make me believe he really has a bad ankle, and somehow he managed to do it." And if the doctor had replied that people can't faint by wishing, she would have said that he did not know Mr.Sandys.
But, with few words, Gemmell got his patient back to the chairs, and proceeded to undo the bandages that were round his ankle.

Grizel stood by, assisting silently.

She had often assisted the doctors, but never before with that scornful curl of her lip.

So the bandages were removed and the ankle laid bare.