She passed as weary a fortnight as ever mortal spent in Miss Crawley's sick-room; but her little nerves seemed to be of iron, as she was quite unshaken by the duty and the tedium of the sick-chamber.

She passed a weary fortnight in Miss Crawley's sick-room; but her little nerves seemed to be of iron, as she was quite unshaken by the duty of the sick-chamber.
