This was terribly difficult for them as strangers.

The doctor's advice was to bring the young invalid to the hospital in Sils, where she would be well taken care of and he could see her every day.

The ladies wanted my opinion before deciding.

They realize that doctors always favor hospitals because the care of their patients is made simple and easy, so they wondered if I advised them to have the young girl sent there.

I told them that the place was not at all badly equipped, but that it was rather small, and the patients were of course very mixed.