Thank you, just the same." Then a sense of loyalty to the girl who had been kind to him impelled him to add: "Besides, Miss Clinton has been taking care of my hands.

She has got used to dressing them, so I--" "But it is my duty now," she protested.

"She owes so little to you and I so much.

Come, let us procure the lotion.

Where is your cabin ?" He held back.