There were three candles burning by his bed.
Otherwise the room was very dark and there was no moonlight seeping in through the windows.
Her sofa was arranged for her as it always was and, as she walked across the room, it was very quiet.
She thought that Prince Igor must be asleep.
Then, as she stopped by the bed to look at him, he opened his eyes and said,
“Hallo Lavinia. Why are you here?”
“I have been looking after you since you were so badly wounded,” she replied. “But you must go to sleep and they will tell you about it tomorrow.”
“I want to hear now,” he insisted. “I am wondering why you are in my room at this time of the night.”
“They are so short of night nurses in the hospital,” Lavinia told him. “There has been a lot of fighting since you have been ill and as they to
