As she caught sight of his face for the first time--she had so far kept her head turned away--she became very pale.

Then, suddenly, she gathered herself together.

Going over to the bed, she took the limp hand lying on the coverlet.
"Courage, soldier," she said in the colloquialism her father often used, and she smiled at Crozier a great-hearted, helpful smile.
"You are a brick of bricks, Kitty Tynan," he whispered, and smiled.
"Here comes the Young Doctor," said Mrs.Tynan as the door opened unceremoniously.
"Well, I have to make an excursion," Crozier said, "and I mayn't come back.

If I don't, au revoir, Kitty." "You are coming back all right," she answered firmly.

"It'll take more than a horse-thief's bullet to kill you.