human
Oh, dear me! who'll we put in, Laura?
gpt
You sha'n't put in anybody, cried Nellie, gritting her teeth to keep back a cry of pain as she set the injured foot to the floor again.
human
This will be all right in a moment.
gpt
Looks like it!
human
You're knocked out, Miss, said Dora.
gpt
You know you are.
human
I'm not!
gpt
You'll have to rest that ankle, child she said.
human
Captain Belding will have to put in a substitute.
gpt
No, Mrs. Case. I'm going to play out the game, declared Nellie.
human
You must not forbid it. I've only twisted my ankle. It will be all right to-morrow. I'll show you!
gpt
I Can't allow you to take risks, Nellie Agnew, cried the physical instructor.
human
What would the doctor say to me?
gpt
I'll tell you what Daddy Doctor would say,
human
And what is that, Miss?
gpt
He'd say: 'Grin and bear it! Play up!' laughed Nellie, yet with a choke in her voice.
human
Bring me my bag, Bobby. I want my 'first-aid' kit.
gpt
Nellie! gasped Laura, amazed to see the gentle girl so firm.
human
We can find somebody else to put in instead of you----
gpt
Yes, but you're not going to, cried Nellie.
human
Give me that bandage, Bobby. There, Mrs. Case! you know how it ought to be used. Tight--tight, now! That will hold me up. And, really, half an hour's rest would cure the ache, anyway. Daddy Doctor admires pluck. He admires Hester's bravery. I guess I wouldn't be his daughter if I didn't have just a bit of pluck myself.
gpt
Hurrah for Nell!
human
Can she do it, Mrs. Case?
gpt
She _shall_ do it! returned the instructor.
human
It won't hurt the ankle--bound up like that. Now, on with her stocking--and her shoe. Does it hurt, Nellie?
gpt
It's all right,
human
Does the shoe hurt it?
gpt
It's all right, I tell you,