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`` How they can do it ! '' observed Charlotte , as the car went on . `` I 'm proud of them that they can , but the eagerness with which they approach such work , the quiet and coolness , and the way they bear the suspense afterward when the result is still doubtful , -- oh , is n't it a wonderful profession ? '' At noon they returned in the car to the hospital . It was some time before Leaver and Burns emerged , but when they did it was easy for the two who awaited them to infer that all had gone well . `` It 's a pity to bring this suggestive odour out to you untainted ones , '' said Burns , as he took his place opposite Charlotte , `` but it ca n't be helped . And as we bring also the news that Jack Leaver has brought down the hospital roof with applause this morning , you wo n't mind . ''