It was very much swollen and discoloured, and when Grizel saw this she gave a little cry, and the ointment she was holding slipped from her hand.

For the first time since he came to Thrums, she had failed Gemmell at a patient's side.
"I had not expected it to be--like this," she said in a quivering voice, when he looked at her in surprise.
"It will look much worse to-morrow," he assured them, grimly.

"I can't understand, Miss Sandys, how this came about." "Miss Sandys was not in the room," said Grizel, abjectly, "but I was, and I--" Tommy's face was begging her to stop.

He was still faint and in pain, but all thought of himself left him in his desire to screen her.

"I owe you an apology, doctor," he said quickly, "for disregarding your instructions.