George is a prisoner--and wounded! Can't I go to him ?' She looked piteously at Hester.

Bridget had come up and was standing near.
'If he's a prisoner, he's in a German hospital.

Dear Mrs.Sarratt, you'll soon hear of him!' Nelly stood up.

Her young beauty of an hour before seemed to have dropped from her like the petals of a rose.

She put her hand to her forehead.
'But I shan't see him--again'-- she said slowly--'till the end of the war--_the end of the war_'-- she repeated, pressing her hands on her eyes.