The Miner’s Girl (38 page)

Lottie hurried into the sitting room where the patient, in trying to reach for a drink, had overturned the cup and spilt water on the bed sheet, which was a clean one, having been changed for the doctor's visit.

When Lottie tried to change her nightgown and sheets, Laura let out an involuntary cry of pain and both men in the passageway heard it.

‘I'll help you in a minute, Lottie,' said Mr Green and turned back to the doctor. ‘Why then,' he said. ‘I reckon we'd best give that newfangled nurse a try. How much do you reckon it will cost me?'

‘You'll have to ask her that,' the doctor replied. ‘But I think Sister Mitchell-Howe is reasonable. If you just have her coming in twice a day until your wife is over the worst it will do.'

‘Mitchell-Howe, what sort of a daft name is that? Well, we'll see what she charges,' Mr Green muttered as he showed the doctor to the door.

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Copyright © Una Horne writing as Maggie Hope 2003

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Workhouse Child
© Una Horne writing as Maggie Hope 2008

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First published as
Child of Sorrow
by Judy Piatkus (Publishers) Ltd in 2003
This edition published by Ebury Press in 2016

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