She wondered that he deemed it worth his while to feign interest.
"Are you taking a holiday to-day ?" she enquired bluntly.
He smiled at that.

"I cut off an old man's toe at the cottage hospital this morning, vaccinated four babies, pulled out a tooth, and dressed a scald.

What more would you have?
I suppose you don't want to be vaccinated by any chance ?" Olga passed the flippant question over.

"It's a half-holiday then, is it ?" she said.
"Well, as it happens, fair lady, it is, all thanks to Dame Stubbs of 'The Ship Inn' who summoned me hither with great urgency and then was ungrateful enough to die before I reached her." "Oh!" exclaimed Olga.

"Is old Mrs.Stubbs dead ?" "She is," said Max.
She turned upon him.