It pains me dreadfully sometimes.' 'Perhaps you had better go to a doctor, ma'am.' She replied that she had already seen a doctor.

Her husband had insisted upon her going to one.

But the surgeon had not seemed to understand the afflicted limb at all; he had told her to bathe it in hot water, and she had bathed it, but the treatment had done no good.
'Will you let me see it ?' said the milkwoman.
Mrs.Lodge pushed up her sleeve and disclosed the place, which was a few inches above the wrist.

As soon as Rhoda Brook saw it, she could hardly preserve her composure.

There was nothing of the nature of a wound, but the arm at that point had a shrivelled look, and the outline of the four fingers appeared more distinct than at the former time.