human
Aleck was game. He was the gamest chap I ever saw. All he said when I told him was, 'Go ahead, Doctor.' I never did a harder thing in all my life. I suppose army surgeons get more or less used to it, but somehow--when I knew what that arm meant to Aleck, and how an hour before it had been a perfect thing, and now--
gpt
Franz went to the hospital with them--wouldn't leave them--ran the risk of losing his position. Do you know, Jord has been teaching that boy English, evenings, and naturally Franz adores him. I suppose Jord would have taken that skid for any blamed beggar who got in his way, but of course it didn't take any force off the way he jammed on those brakes when he saw it was a friend he was going to hit. And a friend he was going to maim--pretty hard choice to make, wasn't it? But of course it was sure death to Franz if he hit him, at that pace, so there was nothing else to do but take the chance for himself and Aleck. Maybe you can guess, though, how he feels about Aleck. One wouldn't think he knew he'd been cruelly hurt himself.
human
Oh! I thought--
gpt
Jord's back will give him a lot of trouble for a while, but his spine isn't seriously injured, if I know my trade. Altogether--well--the nurses have got a couple of interesting cases on their hands for a while. No doubt Aleck will be well looked after. As for Jord--he'll be so much the more helpless of the two for a while, I'm afraid he'll prove a distraction that will demoralize the force.
human
Anne Linton's pretty weak, but she took a little nourishment sanely this morning just before I came away. Miss Arden feels a trifle encouraged. I confess this thing of Jord's has knocked the girl out of my mind for the time being, though I shall get her back again fast enough, if I don't find things going right when I see her. Well --he turned his wife's face toward him, with a hand against her cheek--
gpt
You shall. Lie down and I'll put you to sleep.