An Empty Glass.
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Nurse Frere—
Did you—? Oh! have you seen Nurse Grey—you know
Emmie? Nurse Grey? has she been here to-day?
She promised she'd be here at three—my head!
Oh! heavens! it will split. She said—she said———
Did you—? Oh! have you seen Nurse Grey—you know
Emmie? Nurse Grey? has she been here to-day?
She promised she'd be here at three—my head!
Oh! heavens! it will split. She said—she said———
Hortense [coldly]—
Yes, she was here, not half an hour ago,
She said to tell you that she had been called
Quite suddenly—her brother's child is ill,
And dying, I should judge by what she said.
The message came for her when she was here.
A child she seems to dote on—had some fit—
They needed her at once. She seemed to lose
Her head, as you have done, and rushed away.
I said I'd tell you how the thing occurred,
That is her basket, she will send for it.
Yes, she was here, not half an hour ago,
She said to tell you that she had been called
Quite suddenly—her brother's child is ill,
And dying, I should judge by what she said.
The message came for her when she was here.
A child she seems to dote on—had some fit—
They needed her at once. She seemed to lose
Her head, as you have done, and rushed away.
I said I'd tell you how the thing occurred,
That is her basket, she will send for it.
Nurse F.—
She had to go? What foolery! She knew
That I was counting on her—left my case
Sure she would take it. What am T to do?
And who am I to get, I'd like to know?
There's no one—every single nurse engaged,
She had to go? What foolery! She knew
That I was counting on her—left my case
Sure she would take it. What am T to do?
And who am I to get, I'd like to know?
There's no one—every single nurse engaged,
