She was anxious not to relinquish all her work in Seaton, but she could not now bear the fatigue of walking.

In her car distance was no obstacle, and she could continue her inspection of boarded-out workhouse children, attend babies' clinics in country villages beyond the city area, visit the wives of soldiers and sailors, regulate the orphanage, and superintend the Tipperary Club.

Miss Beach's energetic temperament made her miserable unless fully occupied, so, the doctor having forbidden her former strenuous round of duties, she adopted the car as a compromise, assuring him that she would limit her list to a few of her pet schemes only.

It was probably her wisest course.

It is very hard for elderly people to be laid on the shelf, and to feel that their services are set aside.