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Dr. Lord raised himself up on his toes. His sandy eyebrows¹ climbed right up his forehead till theynearly got merged² in his hair.

He said in surprise:

“So she’s conked out—eh?”

“Yes, Doctor.”

On Nurse O’Brien’s tongue exact details were tingling³ to be uttered, but with stern disciplineshe waited.

Peter Lord said thoughtfully:

“Conked out?”

He stood for a moment thinking, then he said sharply:

“Get me some boiling water.”

Nurse O’Brien was surprised and mystified, but true to the spirit of hospital training, hers not toreason why. If a doctor had told her to go and get the skin of an alligator⁴ she would havemurmured automatically, “Yes, Doctor,” and glided⁵ obediently from the room to tackle theproblem.

 

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