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Nurse Smaith had run round to Concepcion and had seized her with a persuasive, soothing gesture. Concepcion quite submissively allowed herself to be led out of the room by Nurse Smaith and Sir Stephen. Her sobs weakened, and when the door was closed could no longer be heard. A lady member had followed the three. The committee was positively staggered by the unprecedented affair.
After a suitable pause and general silence he went on: "I've been detained by that Nurse Smaith that my sub-committee's been having trouble with. You'll find, when you come to them, that she's on my sub-committee's minutes. I've just had an interview with her, and she says she wants to see the executive. I don't know what you think, Mr. Chairman " He stopped. G.J. smiled.
"If I hadn't been I shouldn't be here now," said Nurse Smaith, entirely recovered from her stage-fright and entirely pleased to be there then. "I lost all I had at Ypek. All I took was my medals, and them I did take. There were fifty of us, British, French and Russians. We had nearly three weeks in the mahntains.
"I should have her brought in," said the lady who had previously spoken. "If I might suggest," she added. A boy scout, who seemed to have long ago grown out of his uniform, entered with a note for somebody. He was told to bring in Nurse Smaith. She proved to be a rather short and rather podgy woman, with a reddish, not rosy, complexion, and red hair.
The unit was passing through, and I joined it." "But how did you obtain your passport? You had no certificate from us?" Nurse Smaith tossed her perilous red hair. "Oh! No difficulty about that. I am not without friends, as you may say." Some of the committee looked up suspiciously, aware that the matron had in her report hinted at mysterious relations between Nurse Smaith and certain authorities.
If Nurse Smaith had been beautiful and slim and of elegant manners they could not have controlled their chivalrous enthusiasm. "Very interesting," said someone. Glancing at G.J., Nurse Smaith proceeded: "You sy I didn't come home. But the money for my journey was due to me. That's what I sy. Twenty-five francs for two weeks' wages and ninety-five francs journey money."
"As regards the journey money," observed Sir Stephen blandly, "we've never paid so much, if my recollection serves me. And of course we have to remember that we're dealing with public funds." Nurse Smaith sprang up, looking fixedly at Concepcion. Concepcion had thrown herself back in her chair, and her face was so drawn that it was no more the same face.
One of those members whose destiny it is always to put a committee in the wrong remarked: "But surely, Nurse, you left our employ nearly a year ago. Why didn't you claim before?" "I've been at you for two months at least, and I was ill for six months in Turin; they had to put me off the train there," said Nurse Smaith, getting self-confidence.
"Now, Nurse Smaith," said G.J. diplomatically. "We are always very glad to see our nurses, even when our time is limited. Will you kindly tell the committee as briefly as possible just what your claim is?"
"Of course, if you're going to swallow everything matron says ! It isn't as if I was the only one." "May I ask if you are at present employed?" "I don't quite see what that's got to do with it," said Nurse Smaith, still gaining ground. "Certainly not. Nothing. Nothing at all. I was only hoping that these visits here are not inconvenient to you."
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