10:30 A.M.
Anne unfolded the note . Miss Arden went away with the empty tray , and remained away some time . Miss Arden , as has been said before , was a most remarkable nurse . The note read thus : The Next Corridor , 10:30 A.M. DEAR MISS LINTON : The time has come , it seems to me , for two patients who have nothing to do but while away the hours for a bit longer , to help each other out . What do you say ? I suppose you do n't know that I 've been lying flat on my back now for a fortnight , getting over a rather bad spill from my car . I 'm pretty comfortable now , thank you , so do n't waste a particle of sympathy ; but the hours must certainly drag for you as they do for me , and my idea is that we ought to establish some sort of system of intercommunication .