The Breaking Point
“Marda West put her hand up to her eyes and felt the crêpe binder, and the layer upon layer of cotton-wool beneath. Patience would be rewarded at last. The days had passed into weeks since her operation, and she had lain there suffering no physical discomfort, but only the anonymity of darkness, a negative feeling that the world and the life around was passing her by. During the first few days there had been pain, mercifully allayed by drugs, and then the sharpness of this wore down, dissolved, ...and she was left with a sense of great fatigue, which they assured her was reaction after shock. As for the operation itself, it had been successful. Here was definite promise. A hundred per cent successful.
‘You will see,’ the surgeon told her, ‘more clearly than ever before.’ ‘But how can you tell?’ she urged, desiring her slender thread of faith to be reinforced.
‘Because we examined your eyes when you were under the anaesthetic,’ he replied, ‘and again since, when we put you under for a second time.MoreLess
‘You will see,’ the surgeon told her, ‘more clearly than ever before.’ ‘But how can you tell?’ she urged, desiring her slender thread of faith to be reinforced.
‘Because we examined your eyes when you were under the anaesthetic,’ he replied, ‘and again since, when we put you under for a second time.MoreLess
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