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Dr Ed had sent for Sidney Max was still unconscious Ed re his brother's career from his babyhood to , he had remembered that Max

was very fond of Sidney He had hoped that Sidney would take him and do

for him what he, Ed, had failed to do

So Sidney was suht it was another operation, and her spirit was just a little

weary But her courage was indomitable She forced her shoes on her tired

feet, and bathed her face in cold water to rouse herself

The night watchman was in the hall He was fond of Sidney; she always

s rounds at six o'clock to waken the

nurses, her voice was always a a cup of tepid coffee He was old and bleary, unmistakably dirty

too--but he had divined Sidney's romance

"Coffee! For me?" She was astonished

"Drink it You haven't had much sleep"

She took it obediently, but over the cup her eyes searched his

"There is so the nurses He had had another name, but it was

lost in the mists of years

"Get it down"

So she finished it, not without anxiety that she ht be needed But