How had it happened, and where, particularly, did she feel pain ...

Had she ever before suffered from the same trouble ...
The answers did not seem to enlighten him very much; then he turned to the sick woman herself, only to receive confused statements and complaints.
"If it is just a wrench that she has given herself," at length he announced, "she will get well without any meddling; there is nothing for her to do but to stay quietly in bed.

But if there is some injury within, to the kidneys or another organ, it may be a grave affair." He was conscious that his state of doubt was disappointing to the Chapdelaines, and was anxious to restore his medical reputation.
"Internal lesions are serious things, and often one cannot detect them.

The wisest man in the world could tell you no more than I.We shall have to wait ...

But perhaps it is not that we have to deal with." After some further investigation he shook his head.