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HILDA WADE

'But surely, sir———' I cried.

'Don't talk to me, boy! Don't attempt to apologise for her. Such conduct is unpardonable.
SHE OUGHT TO HAVE DIED.She ought to have died. It was her clear duty. I said she would die, and she should have known better than to fly in the face of the faculty. Her recovery is an insult to medical science. What is the staff about? Nurse Wade should have prevented it.'

'Still, sir,' I exclaimed, trying to touch him on a tender

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