'We will go upstairs at once,' she added, leading the way to the steps.
On learning that Ugo was already in bed, she said she would wait in the large sitting-room while the doctor went in to see what could be done.

If the Captain would see her, she would speak to him when Pieri had finished his work.
Nearly three-quarters of an hour passed before he joined her.
'It is a bad fracture,' he said, 'and it will require an operation if he is not to be lamed for life.

I should much prefer to perform it in a proper place.

There is none better than the private hospital of the White Sisters and it is by far the nearest.

Do you happen to know the place ?' The Princess said that she did and that she was a patroness of the Convent.