saved-who

Updated: June 23, 2025

At the bed-side stood the expert, who had come so far, at so great an expense-long, rough miles by auto that a few hours might be saved-who had come, they all believed, to decide the fate of the beloved girl who lay so death-like before them. Ruth Rivers was the only one in the room who was not keenly alert or distressingly tense.

Robert S. Carroll - Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness