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Nurse Cranley—she whom the Matron had described as a grand old nurse—was a white-haired woman, and Macdonald guessed that she must be over sixty. Her wide cheeks were still rosy, her blue eyes bright, and she had a magnificent expanse of shining white apron across her ample bosom. Seeing her kindly face and comfortable presence, Macdonald thought, “If I’m ever ill I should like a nurse like that.”
He began: “I’m very sorry to bother you, Nurse. I know you’re on night duty and I have got you up early.”