Dear Tiberius; (Aka Nurse Nolan)
“Miranda simply lived for the moment when she would be carried into an aircraft and soar into the sky, and Lucy both looked forward to and dreaded that moment for reasons that were altogether different from those that animated the breast of the small invalid.
She felt, now, that she would be glad to say goodbye to Ketterings—but she dreaded the arrival in Vienna. Miranda had been put into a frame of mind that caused her only to look forward, but Lucy had served for four years in a big London... hospital, and she had seen cases like Miranda’s before. Miranda had once been a healthy, sturdy child, but she was no longer in anything approaching that condition. As a result of his examination of her Dr. Wern had come to the conclusion that she could stand a certain amount, but not more than that amount. It was up to her father to make the final decision—and he had made it. Lucy, deep at the bottom of her heart, knew that he was right, but that did not prevent her from searching the wasted lines of Miranda’s small face that had once been jauntily heart-shaped, and trying not to recall an expression Lynette Harling’s well-meaning but not particularly tactful mother had once made use of.MoreLess
She felt, now, that she would be glad to say goodbye to Ketterings—but she dreaded the arrival in Vienna. Miranda had been put into a frame of mind that caused her only to look forward, but Lucy had served for four years in a big London... hospital, and she had seen cases like Miranda’s before. Miranda had once been a healthy, sturdy child, but she was no longer in anything approaching that condition. As a result of his examination of her Dr. Wern had come to the conclusion that she could stand a certain amount, but not more than that amount. It was up to her father to make the final decision—and he had made it. Lucy, deep at the bottom of her heart, knew that he was right, but that did not prevent her from searching the wasted lines of Miranda’s small face that had once been jauntily heart-shaped, and trying not to recall an expression Lynette Harling’s well-meaning but not particularly tactful mother had once made use of.MoreLess
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