Of course I tripped right when I went to school at seven in the morning, so I sat in the Nurse’s office for six hours until my Dad got off work! It hurt, too, and they aren’t allowed to give children painkillers. ” “Did you tell him of the registry office?” “No—o—certainly not so emphatically as I did about the play. Suddenly all this makes you human. Time after time he sent Spurlock into this corner or that; but always the boy regained his feet before the murderous boot could reach the mark. I want to be your knight, your servant, your protector, your—I dare scarcely write the word—your husband.