Think of anyone
taking rent for a house like that! I never knew such places were allowed
in the market."
"I don't believe I would be so hard, Gloria, if I were you. Let it
rest." There was a strange note of wistful pleading in the nurse's
voice. But Gloria did not heed it.
"Let it rest? Never!" she answered.
The hospital reached, the neatly-uniformed interne who came down to
answer the District Nurse's inquiry, assured them that their patient was
resting quietly. He even went so far as to say that possibly the fall
might work good in the end.
"I only say might in a general way. If the poor creature's mental apathy
has been due to an injury of the head, it may possibly be. Do you know
the cause of her mental condition?" he inquired of the nurse.
The nurse gave the information desired.
"If that is so, then the second blow may neutralize the first. It is
certainly an interesting case." But at the end he assured his visitors
that time only could prove what the outcome might be. "Poor Sal!" said
the nurse, as they left the large building, and went quietly down the
stone steps. "I wonder if it would be comforting to her to know she is
an 'interesting case.' Sal was never interesting before.
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