She herself had had charge of the nursery and Nurse Darian had liked her because she had proved prompt and intelligent in an alarming crisis.
They had become friends and Dowie knew she might write to her and ask for information and advice.

She wrote a careful respectful letter which revealed nothing but that she was anxious about a case she had temporary charge of.

She managed to have the letter posted in London and the answer forwarded to her from there.

Nurse Darian's reply was generously full for a hard-working woman.

It answered questions and was friendly.
But the woman's war work had plainly led her to see and reflect upon the opening up of new and singular vistas.
"What we hear oftenest is that the whole world is somehow changing," she ended by saying.