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Do you happen to know the place ? ' The Princess said that she did and that she was a patroness of the Convent . The surgeon observed that it was now past eleven , and that the patient could not be moved before morning . If she agreed with him and would lend her motor for the purpose , he would communicate with the hospital and take the Captain there himself between eight and nine o'clock . For the present he needed no special nursing , and the orderly seemed to be an unusually intelligent young fellow , who could be trusted and was sincerely attached to his master . The Princess agreed to everything , and asked whether the Captain wished to see her . He did , and when she stood beside him he pressed her hand gratefully and thanked her with real feeling for her great kindness .