Chapter SeventeenI awoke with the scent of clean sheets and the bustle of busy nurses. A brusque sister hurried over to me. 'You're awake then, Miss Smith.'
I nodded. 'Yes. Where am I?'
'Belford Hospital,' the sister spoke as if she disapproved of the entire world. 'That's in Fort William, in case you did not know.'
'How did I get here?' I looked around me. The ward was scrupulously clean, with the smell of disinfectant prevailing. 'Where's Christine?'
'Miss Brown is two beds down from you,' the sister said.
'What happened?' I asked. I lay on my back with the crisp linen tucked so tightly around me that it was nearly impossible to move, let alone to sit up and look for Christine.
'Here comes the doctor,' the sister said. 'He'll tell you all you need to know. Dr Ferguson! Miss Smith i
