I am just tired.

I've done too much--seen too much--and it hasn't hardened me; it has made me like a silly child, ready to sniffle at anything." Berkley laughed gently.
"Why are you crying now, Letty ?" "B-because they have offered me a furlough.

I didn't apply.

But Dr.Benton has made me take it.

And it almost kills me to go North and leave Ailsa--alone--and so strangely changed toward me----" She straightened her shoulders resolutely; brushed the tears from her lashes; strove to smile at him.
"Shall we walk a little?
I am not on duty, you know; and I've had enough sleep.