Later that morning Virginia arrived at the hospital. Following the directions given her, she found herself standing in the doorway of a long room on the second floor. On each side of a center aisle ran a row of white bedsteads. The walls, painted a dull buff, were pierced by many windows and the linoleum in the aisle and the hard wood floor were waxed and polished until they shone. In this place, cleanliness, fresh air, and sunshine reigned. The beds were filled with pajama clad men. To the embarrassed young girl it was as if she had blundered into a man's bedroom, and impulsively she turned to flee. A cheery voice arrested her, and the nurse whom she had met in the reception room on the previous day greeted her. "I told you that I would meet you here." She smiled with a frank cordiality which instantly dissipated the visitor's embarrassment. Virginia knew now that she liked this young woman, even though she was a great tease, so she answered the smile with one of equal friendliness and told her, "It is nice to find someone I know"; but instantly she referred to the cause for her visit. "How is he?" "I think that we have his fever under control," laughed the nurse. "Now she is beginning to tease," thought Virginia. "I won't notice it." The nurse went on. "He is really getting along fine. If I were you I shouldn't give a moment's worry to that young man's health. Don't trouble to plan your remarks to him, either. He won't listen to them. He does most of the talking." The walk down the aisle between those beds, each with its pair of masculine optics, was a trial for the girl. It seemed miles. At last, safely by this gauntlet of inquisitive male glances, she found herself looking down into those same black eyes which had looked into hers for a second out on Forest Avenue. Then they were dazed with pain, now they were filled with friendly inquiry. The nurse, Miss Knight, was direct and explicit. "Joe," she announced, "this is the young lady who says that she put you here." Joe accepted this surprising remark as a matter of amusement which increased as the nurse went on. "Now she comes to soften the hard blows with tender words and kind attentions." Virginia blushed furiously. She thought Miss Knight's manner towards men distinctly common. A deep voice came from the bed. "I am very glad to meet you and be able to thank you for what I have been told you did for me, Miss Dale. That accident was my hard luck." He put his whole soul into his smile of welcome and the girl knew that she liked it. Having endeavored to relieve his guest's embarrassment, he turned upon Miss Knight, the greatly delighted cause of it, and adapted his manner and speech to her case. "Say, sister, blow. Blow while the breeze will toss you away. I haven't noticed any invitations for you to sit in on this peace conference." The nurse flared at his words, although his smile had tempered them. Drawing herself up, she made answer with great dignity.