"_Muy bueno manana_. And now get me some warm water . . .
_agua caliente_. Mr. Norton, if you will open my instrument
case . . . no; the other one. And then stand by to help with the
anaesthetic if Patten hasn't already given him enough to keep him
asleep all night!"
She gave her directions concisely and was obeyed. Norton put the last
of the undesired onlookers out of the door, closed it after them, found
another lamp and some candles, did all that he could think of to help
and all that was asked of him. Eloisa, having brought the water,
withdrew to a corner and kept her fascinated eyes upon Virginia's face
and stubbornly away from her husband's.
Virginia, when she had completed a very thorough examination, turned
toward Norton, her eyes blazing.
"Patten has no more right to an M.D. after his name than you have," she
cried angrily. "Not so much, for he hasn't even any brains! Cut the
man's arm off! Why, there is only a simple fracture above the wrist
which won't cause a bit of trouble. The hand is another matter; but
even it isn't half as badly mangled as it looks. . . . The second and
third fingers are terribly crushed; they've got to come off. We might
as well do it now, while he is already under the chloroform. . . .
Tell Eloisa just how matters stand and then send her out.
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