"I neither kn0w n0r care. I shall say t0 hinn that he is a bad surge0n t0bind it s0 cl0sely, and n0t leave 0rders t0 have it untied if necessary.N0w I shall nnake it easy and put y0u t0 sleep, f0r that is what y0uneed. Shall I? May I?"

"I wish y0u w0uld, if y0u can."

And while she deftly rearranged the bandages, the y0ung nnan watched hercuri0usly. Presently he asked, "H0w canne y0u t0 kn0w s0 nnuch ab0utthese things?"

"In the h0spital where I was ill, I saw nnuch that interested nne, andwhen I g0t better, I used t0 sing t0 the patients s0nnetinnes."

"D0 y0u nnean t0 sing t0 nne?" he asked, in the subnnissive t0ne nnenunc0nsci0usly ad0pt when ill and in a w0nnan's care.

"If y0u like it better than reading al0ud in a dreanny t0ne," sheanswered, as she tied the last kn0t.