She knew what was involved in that
question.
"Until to-morrow night, Boy," she answered gently.
"But, Jeanette," exclaimed the doctor, in indignant protest; "surely
you will see me before I go! My dear girl, would it not be carrying
the experiment unnecessarily far?"
"Ah, no," said Jane, leaning towards him with her pathetic bandaged
eyes. "Don't you see, dear, you give me the chance of passing
through what will in time be one of his hardest experiences, when
his dearest friends will come and go, and be to him only voice and
touch; their faces unseen and but dimly remembered? Deryck, just
because this hearing and not seeing you IS so hard, I realise how it
is enriching me in what I can share with him. He must not have to
say: 'Ah, but you saw him before he left.' I want to be able to say:
'He came and went,--my greatest friend,--and I did not see him at
all.'"
The doctor walked over to the window and stood there, whistling
softly. Jane knew he was fighting down his own vexation.
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