Hospital Corridors
“Such was the silence which fell upon Miss Ardingley at these words from Dr. Lanyon. Dr. Lanyon! who had never been known to take notice of a nurse before, and who had been stopped only with difficulty to speak to herself.Madeline knew that, so far as she herself was concerned, a disaster had occurred. She blushed to the roots of her dark hair. Dismayedly she heard herself laugh nervously and say rather helplessly,“I didn’t know that you were attached to the Dominion either, Dr. Lanyon.”“Dr. Lan...yon is probably the most distinguished member of the staff,” Miss Ardingley said in a cold, contemptuous tone, and she looked at Madeline as though she had no right to be alive, much less voicing such nonsense.“You’re too flattering, Miss Ardingley,” Nat Lanyon said in a faintly bored tone. But he looked at Madeline, who stumbled into further explanation.“I meant that I—I didn’t even know who you were when I danced with you. It was later—”But at these quite incredible words Miss Ardingley seemed to think the conversation should end.MoreLess
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