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Her fellow-nurses, too, are noble and devoted women, doing true woman's work, and if there are some black sheep among them, that is no more than might be expected of the purest profession in the world. "As for myself, I have tried to carry out-my undertaking to look after Glory, but I can not say how long I may be able to continue the task. Do not be surprised if I am compelled to give it up.
Sir Hall Caine - The Christian: A Story

During her four years at the hospital the memory of Mac Clarke had grown fainter and fainter like the perfume of a fading flower. But the memory of Dan was like a thorn in her flesh, buried deep, but never forgotten. To herself, her fellow-nurses, the young internes who invariably fell in love with her, she declared gaily that she was "through with men forever."
Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice - Calvary Alley
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