To hearts like Jane's and the doctor's, a suffering body, no matter how far away, was a sinking ship in the clutch of the breakers.

Until the lifeboat reached her side everything was forgotten.
The doctor adjusted the robe over Jane's lap and settled himself in his seat.

They had often driven thus together, and Jane's happiest hours had been spent close to his side, both intent on the same errand of mercy, and BOTH WORKING TOGETHER.

That was the joy of it! They talked of the wounded boy and of the needed treatment and what part each should take in the operation; of some new cases in the hospital and the remedies suggested for their comfort; of Archie's life on the beach and how ruddy and handsome he was growing, and of his tender, loving nature; and of the thousand and one other things that two people who know every pulsation of each other's hearts are apt to discuss--of everything, in fact, but the letter in her pocket.

"It is a serious case," she said to herself--"this to which we are hurrying--and nothing must disturb the sureness of his sensitive hand." Now and then, as he spoke, the two would turn their heads and look into each other's eyes.
When a man's face lacks the lines and modellings that stand for beauty the woman who loves him is apt to omit in her eager glance every feature but his eyes.