9/22 It would have made a great difference to Mary's comfort at this time if she had been sufficiently ill-advised to call Simmons without a prefix, as Lady Anne did. He had interviewed his patient in the morning-room, and was passing out through the hall when Lady Anne's voice over the banisters summoned him to her presence. "I shall not be interfering with your work ?" "I am quite free"-- a little colour came into his cheeks. "The friend whose work I was doing at the House of Mercy returned last night. How do you find her ?" "She has less physique than she ought to have." "Yes, she has been underfed and overworked. |