Delia tried to laugh. 'Oh, Clementina is such a strange girl! She wanted a Welsh rarebit after her lesson. But she was so nervous, and she was hurrying so much that she split a lot of boiling hot cheese over my hand and wrist. It hurt terribly, Joe. And the dear girl was so sorry. Poor General Pinkney nearly went mad! He ran downstairs and sent somebody- the boiler-man, I think-out to get bandages. It doesn't hurt so much now.