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She lorded it over him as if he were her troublesome boy . How could she be other than glorious when there was so much to do ? The work inside the house she made for herself , and outside the doctor made it for her . At last he had found for nurse a woman who could follow his instructions literally , who understood that if he said five o'clock for the medicine the chap of six would not do as well , who did not in her heart despise the thermometer , and who resolutely prevented the patient from skipping out of bed to change her pillow-slips because the minister was expected . Such tyranny enraged every sufferer who had been ill before and got better ; but what they chiefly complained of to the doctor -LRB- and he agreed with a humourous sigh -RRB- was her masterfulness about fresh air and cold water . Windows were opened that had never been opened before -LRB- they yielded to her pressure with a groan -RRB- ; and as for cold water , it might have been said that a bath followed her wherever she went -- not , mark me , for putting your hands and face in , not even for your feet ; but in you must go , the whole of you , `` as if , '' they said indignantly , `` there was something the matter with our skin . '' She could not gossip , not even with the doctor , who liked it of an evening when he had got into his carpet shoes .