The doctor had already disappeared behind some screens round a bed at the far end. One or two nurses were busy attending to the patients. The four of us stood by the door for ten minutes. No one took the slightest notice.
From a small door on the side of the ward the Sister appeared. She came up to us at once.
„Get out!” she said fiercely.
I had never seen a Sister close before. It was like being in a very little boat underneath a very large ship.
Sister Virtue was a fine big woman. She was about six feet tall, and she had advanced boldly on her enemies with a figure as strong as a policeman's. Even her broad bottom, as she passed, looked as frightening as the back of a battleship. She had a face like the side of a rock and there were fine grey hairs on her upper lip.
„We're the new clerks,” I said in a low dry tone.
„I won't have any nonsense here,” she said sharply. „None at all.”
We moved our heads quickly in agreement to show… (tovább)
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