nine
o'clock
With only his memory to cling to , she would do nothing which would cause him any trouble . Here again was the Lampton ancestor-worship developing to its fullest . When Margaret got back to her hospital , she found no time for psychic reflections , for news had come that a fresh consignment of patients was to arrive at the hospital the next morning , and as the number was considerably more than they had expected , or the wards had beds for , it meant that the staff , from the humblest to the highest in command , had plenty of extra work to do . She did a hundred and one odd jobs which kept her busy until nine o'clock . A V.A.D. whose duty it was to run the lift was ill ; she had had to go home , so Margaret took her place until a girl-scout appeared , who was a sister of one of the staff-nurses . The proud girl-scout became lift-boy in her after-school-hours and kept the post until the V.A.D. was well enough to resume her work . During the day the V.A.D.s filled the post between them , taking it in turn .