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There was only Handle

"What’s happening?" she whispered around the pain

Handle atteainst a pouf She was still on the floor,for a ed it Once ht, she noticed a prone body on an iether

"Who’s that?"

"The headmistress was also hurt pretty bad Took a bullet to the calf I brought her in The va shed, over there" Handle gestured to Sister Mattie’s large wardrobe, which had been converted to a potting shed long before Sophronia’s time

"Oh, dear," said Sophronia "I suppose you will have to pop my shoulder back in, then"

"What’s that, miss?"

"It’s out of the socket We learned about it in a lesson on basic field medicinals and mock injuries You have to put it back in for h, but a crooked nose won’t ever be fashionable That’s assu, on’t bother Might as well have a crooked nose"

Handle looked sick as she explained, but he’d have to get over it, if the headmistress wasn’t available

On the other hand, instructing him made Sophronia feel better She was injured, but she had a plan

Mademoiselle Geraldine woke up at that h, except her skirts were hiked up in a e bandage around one calf

"Miss Temave you up for lost Now I see ere nearly correct"

Sophronia was relieved, for Madeh the steps of a surgeon’s dance Fortunately, the headmistress did not flinch away from this duty Even more fortunately, for Handle’s sake, Sophronia did faint during the shoulder adjustment and stayed fainted for the rest

She awoke soainst her side and her head wrapped The bandages probably started life as a petticoat and were a bright lavender color with creaood, you’re awake" Made…

"Tea?" Sophronia whi!

Handle, that scruffy angel of mercy, immediately handed her a cup Sophronia sipped in a reverent manner She didn’t co a sootie, he rarely got sugar, and he likely thought he was spoiling her

The headmistress reported in "We put the shoulder back in and checked the nose, which wasn’t broken, thank goodness, just askew You’ll have two black eyes, I’m afraid, and us with no raw meat to apply None of the cuts were deep, so we dressed thear and one of Mathilde’s best poultices They should heal fine So your career is safe The sootie boy here did very well"