She was not the woman to let it slip.

"Oh, Jack!" she said, in tones of gentle reproach, "didn't I nurse you at Wurzburg ?" "Well," Jack admitted, "you did something of the sort." "What do you mean ?" He had finished his first slice of cake; his politeness began to show signs of wearing out.
"You did what my master the Doctor told you to do," he said.

"But I don't believe you cared whether I lived or died.

When you had to tuck me up in bed, for instance, you did it with the grossest indifference.

Ha! you have improved since that time.