When he felt for it an' missed it, he gave me a look.

That's all.

An' that's what's the matter with '_er_." "But what can she be missing ?" asked the Second Nurse.

"She had nothing about her but an old purse, and nothing in the purse but a penny-ha'penny." "It don't sound much, but we might try it." "Nonsense!" said the Second Nurse; but later in the evening she brought the purse, and set it on the table where the patient's eyes might rest on it.

For aught she could detect, they expressed no thanks, gave no flicker of recognition.