A Question of Honor
“I watched them go in a pitiful line of stretchers moving through the early dawn hours toward the waiting ambulances. One of the young soldiers standing behind me swore softly.
“They never even saw a Hun,” he said to no one in particular, his voice betraying his fear of an unseen enemy he couldn’t shoot.
I was posted to the same hospital as before, much to Matron’s delight, and it was as if I’d never left, although there were different patients lying in the cots, and three of our Sisters... were in a small ward, fighting for their own lives. I admired their courage—they had come here knowing they didn’t have immunity of any kind. I at least had a fair chance of survival. I’d been told I had a good chance of not being reinfected.
We worked long hours, endured the heartbreak of patients dying in spite of all we could do. Even Matron, dark circles under her eyes, seemed to be functioning on will alone. Soon I couldn’t remember the comfort of my own bed, only falling down on my cot and sleeping without dreams, the sleep of the drugged.MoreLess
“They never even saw a Hun,” he said to no one in particular, his voice betraying his fear of an unseen enemy he couldn’t shoot.
I was posted to the same hospital as before, much to Matron’s delight, and it was as if I’d never left, although there were different patients lying in the cots, and three of our Sisters... were in a small ward, fighting for their own lives. I admired their courage—they had come here knowing they didn’t have immunity of any kind. I at least had a fair chance of survival. I’d been told I had a good chance of not being reinfected.
We worked long hours, endured the heartbreak of patients dying in spite of all we could do. Even Matron, dark circles under her eyes, seemed to be functioning on will alone. Soon I couldn’t remember the comfort of my own bed, only falling down on my cot and sleeping without dreams, the sleep of the drugged.MoreLess
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