I will tell you, after parade, what I have been doing," Desmond said, "but you must nurse your curiosity till you are dismissed." A few minutes after Desmond reached his quarters, the surgeon came in.
"I do not think that I have any need of your services, doctor.

I got a piece of plaster, and stuck it on two hours ago, and I have no doubt that the wound will heal in a few days." "However, I will, with your permission, take it off, Mr.Kennedy.
It is much better that the wound should be properly washed, and some dressing applied to it.

It will heal all the quicker, and you are less likely to have an ugly scar.
"It is a pretty deep graze," he said, after he had carefully removed the plaster.

"An eighth of an inch farther, and it would have made your teeth rattle.

You had better keep quiet, today.
Tomorrow morning, if there is no sign of inflammation, I will take off the dressing and bandage and put on a plaster--one a third of the size that I took off will be sufficient; and as I will use a pink plaster, it will not be very noticeable, if you go outside the barracks.
"Where is your man?
The colonel told me there were two patients.
"A nasty cut," he said, after examining Mike's wound.