Please don't worry about me any more! I can quite well bandage my knee myself." The grimness passed from his face.

"I shall have to see it to satisfy myself it is going on all right," he said.

"But I needn't bother you now.

I'll send Mary Ann in with some tea." "Thank you," said Sylvia.

She was gathering her scattered forces again after the blow; she spoke with measured firmness.