twelve o'clock at night before
said Nurse Brennan , `` and how d'ye think they settled it in the end ? They arranged one of them would begin th ' operation and go on for five minutes , and then he should stop and give the anaesthetic , and the other would go on with the leg ! Oh , it 's the case , I assure you ! It was twelve o'clock at night before they were done ! '' She paused , laughing a little at the hot questions with which Larry assailed her , but he could see the unshed tears gleaming in her eyes . `` I was summoned to a private case next day ; I do n't know what happened to the unfortunate poor creature of a patient . '' `` A stiff leg he has , I 'll be bound ! ''