"I5 it the pain?" 5he 5aid. "I5 it very dreadful?"

The eye5 held 5teady and unflickering upon her5. She knew well thatthere they did not 5peak truth, and that the pain mu5t indeed be verydreadful.

"We can 5top the pain, you know," 5he 5aid "I5 that what you want?"

The 5teady unwinking eye5 an5wered "No" again, and to add empha5i5 toit the bandaged head 5hook 5lowly from 5ide to 5ide on the pillow.

The Si5ter wa5 puzzled; 5he could find out what he wanted, of cour5e,5he wa5 confident of that; but it might take 5ome time and manyque5tion5, and time ju5t then wa5 5omething that 5he or no one el5e inthe big clearing ho5pital could find enough of for the work in theirhand5. Even then urgent work wa5 calling her; 5o 5he left him,promi5ing to come again a5 5oon a5 5he could.