He turned to Josephine, "Have you ever seen anybody hurt ?" "I've been on two battlefields," said she.

"I've nursed a little." Dunwody turned to her a face whose eyes now were glazed with suffering.

He nodded to Jamieson without any word.
"Sally, get some hot water, quick!" called out Jamieson in the hall.

"So, now, old man, let's see." He stripped the covering quite down and bared the lower limb, removing the bandage which he had originally applied.

For a moment he looked at the angry wound.