It was Rhoda. "Go to bed, Polly: you are no use here." "You'd be sleepy if you worked as hard as I do." "Very likely," said Rhoda, with a gentleness that struck Polly as very singular.
"Good-night." Rhoda spent the night watching, and thinking harder than she had ever thought before. Next morning, early, Polly came into the sick-room.
There sat her sister watching the patient, out of sight. "La, Rhoda! Have you sat there all night ?" "Yes.
Don't speak so loud.
Come here.