Laird of Ballanclaire
“Anything to report, Lieutenant?”
The voice was as calmly authoritative as it had been all day and into the evening. Constant held her breath in order to listen through the half-open door.
“They’re trying to save the eye. He took a nasty blow there. He might not be able to see with it, if they can save it. The surgeons aren’t certain, sir.”
“Is Thornacre working on him?”
“Has been since he was brought in, sir. Exactly as you ordered.”
“Very good. You may go. Shut the door on your way out.”
“Yes,... sir.”
The soldier came out, shutting the door behind him with a little click of the lock. He glanced toward Constant, perched on the long wooden bench, and then away.
He turned, as if on a lightly sanded dance floor, and walked past her, his footsteps echoing loudly on the wooden floor. She watched when he got to the end of the corridor and swiveled smartly to proceed down the next hall. And then she returned to contemplating her apron-and-skirt-covered knees.
The sound of the soldier’s footsteps slowly faded.MoreLess
The voice was as calmly authoritative as it had been all day and into the evening. Constant held her breath in order to listen through the half-open door.
“They’re trying to save the eye. He took a nasty blow there. He might not be able to see with it, if they can save it. The surgeons aren’t certain, sir.”
“Is Thornacre working on him?”
“Has been since he was brought in, sir. Exactly as you ordered.”
“Very good. You may go. Shut the door on your way out.”
“Yes,... sir.”
The soldier came out, shutting the door behind him with a little click of the lock. He glanced toward Constant, perched on the long wooden bench, and then away.
He turned, as if on a lightly sanded dance floor, and walked past her, his footsteps echoing loudly on the wooden floor. She watched when he got to the end of the corridor and swiveled smartly to proceed down the next hall. And then she returned to contemplating her apron-and-skirt-covered knees.
The sound of the soldier’s footsteps slowly faded.MoreLess
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