An Unmarked Grave
““I was there when he was brought in, I know how serious his wound was. I thought—I was told you were nursing him. I took that to mean that he was here, or at the cottage.”
“He did come here when he was well enough. He signed himself out of hospital and a driver brought him to Somerset. But there was infection, you see, and his arm—we thought for a time he would lose it. Dr. Gaines cleaned it as best he could, but Simon is still running a fever. He doesn’t always remember where he is.”
“...Dr. Gaines? Then Simon is at the clinic.”
“Yes, but he specifically asked—I wasn’t to tell you.”
“Why did he sign himself out of hospital? He knew the risk he’d be taking.”
“There was some pressing matter he had to deal with. He came here to use your father’s telephone. He didn’t have access to one in Portsmouth. Too many ears, he said.”
I remembered his urgent need to reach England, and how I had given him morphine to keep him quiet.MoreLess
“He did come here when he was well enough. He signed himself out of hospital and a driver brought him to Somerset. But there was infection, you see, and his arm—we thought for a time he would lose it. Dr. Gaines cleaned it as best he could, but Simon is still running a fever. He doesn’t always remember where he is.”
“...Dr. Gaines? Then Simon is at the clinic.”
“Yes, but he specifically asked—I wasn’t to tell you.”
“Why did he sign himself out of hospital? He knew the risk he’d be taking.”
“There was some pressing matter he had to deal with. He came here to use your father’s telephone. He didn’t have access to one in Portsmouth. Too many ears, he said.”
I remembered his urgent need to reach England, and how I had given him morphine to keep him quiet.MoreLess
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