A Courageous Nurse

Nelly Brennema woke up by the noise of trucks, cabs and buses driving past which came to her through the half open window of her room in a small hotel in London, this autumn morning. What am I doing here actually, in this bed? Slowly her memory came back and she became aware of the fact that a lot of it she would have preferred to have forgotten. Pity, that her sleep was swept away. She got up and went a bit dizzy to the shower. Her body was still dog-tired, worn out, exhausted. She needed a...