They’d finished eating and were savouring the coffee when one of the sisters said, ‘That’s an ambulance.’ She rushed to the door. ‘They’re offloading patients. Why are they bringing them here? I thought it was our turn for a rest day.’
‘It’s supposed to be,’ Matron Kenny said. She placed her cup by the washing-up bowl and started towards the door. ‘There must be a reason, so rest day or not, we’ll just have to cope, but there are enough nurses on the day roster to cope. Thanks for offering to help, but I don’t need you.’
Lucy and Vicky returned to their quarters. ‘I can’t say I’m sorry Tubs didn’t want us,’ Lucy said. ‘I’ve been on night duty so long I’ve got so used to sleeping during the day that I hardly slept last night. I’m going to turn in.’
The British guns were still firing, but
