The Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. 2 of 2

part in return. It was an unhealthy life, he pleaded, to be shut up all

the year in a London room. There was still much for her to do, and she
would do it all the better for some relaxation of daily effort. Perhaps
he persuaded her. At any rate, from 1868 for some years onwards there
was more of the country in Miss Nightingale's life--less of incessant
d...