For she had a very high regard for him, in spite of his rough tone and harsh voice.
Her difficulty was a very simple one.

The only nurse who was free that evening was Sister Giovanna, who had returned just before mid-day from a case that had ended badly, and she had been asleep ever since.

But the Mother Superior knew how the Princess had treated her niece and robbed her of her fortune, and she could not foresee what might happen if the young nun took charge of the case.

After giving her somewhat rash promise to the doctor, she sent for her, therefore, and explained matters.
'I do not think that my aunt will recognise me,' said Sister Giovanna.
'She has never set eyes on me since I was a girl of eighteen in deep mourning.

Our dress changes us very much, and I must have changed, too, in five years.