Nurse Linnet's Release by Averil Ives

Author:Averil Ives [Ives, Averil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“Oh!” Diana exclaimed.

He changed the subject by asking her how well she was walking, and by the time they went in to lunch even the subject of her health had been dropped for the time being, and they were discussing light, everyday topics.

After lunch Diana had her usual rest, and the doctor sat in the garden with his pipe, while Linnet remained discreetly upstairs in her own room and concentrated on her needlework. Shortly before tea she saw Diana descend and the doctor make her comfortable in the chair beside him on the lawn, but she decided to remain out of their way until Mrs. Barnes actually made her appearance with the tea-tray, and then she had to descend and join them.

Diana was very gay and light-hearted during tea, and Linnet thought the man’s eyes rested on her constantly with a great deal of quiet satisfaction in, their blue depths, and when his patient announced that she was going to stay up for dinner that night he at once approved the suggestion. While Diana was changing, Linnet, who had made very little alteration to her own appearance, went down into the garden for a little quiet stroll in her favourite nightingale-haunted copse, and considerably to her surprise she discovered, after a few moments, that Dr. Shane Willoughby had followed her.

He had not changed for dinner, obviously accepting the fact that they would be very informal in the country, but he looked very fresh and beautifully shaved, with his brown hair gleaming in the dim light of the wood. He looked downwards at Linnet from his superior height, and she sensed at once that something he had been wanting to say to her was coming now.

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