We must wait till morning." It was more easily said than done.

The two old women did their best, but their touch was clumsy and their help slight, compared to Tardif's.

I was thoroughly worn out before I was in bed.

But it was a great deal to find myself there, safe and warm, instead of on the cold, hard pebbles on the beach.

Mother Renouf put my arm to rest upon a pillow, and bathed and fomented my ankle till it felt much easier.
Never, never shall I forget that night.