“That’s hardly likely, is it?”
Unexpectedly she went to the door opening into the hall and closed it,
coming back swiftly.
“Mr. Reed thinks it is not necessary, but—there are some things that
will puzzle you. Perhaps I should have spoken to the other nurse. If—if
anything strikes you as unusual, Miss Adams, just please don’t see it!
It is all right, everything is all right. But something has occurred—not
very much, but disturbing—and we are all of us doing the very best we
can.”
She was quivering with nervousness.