CHAPTER VII.
FACING THE WORLD.
Army surgeons recognize three types of wounded.

One type so nervous, that it drops the moment it is struck, whether the wound is disabling or not.

Another so nerveless, that it fights on, unconscious that it has been hit.

A third, who, feeling the wound, goes on fighting, sustained by its nerve.

It is over the latter sort that the surgeons shake their heads and look anxious.
Peter did his packing quietly and quickly, not pausing for a moment in the task.