While Markey rushed upstairs to the bathroom for ointment, his wife was walking up and down rocking the yelling boy in her arms.
‘Please go home!’ she broke out suddenly. ‘The child’s badly hurt, and if you haven’t the decency to be quiet, you’d better go home.’
‘Very well,’ said Edith, her own temper rising. ‘I’ve never seen anyone make such a mountain out of — ’