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Letter from Molly Duffin to Maria Duffin, 4 January 1916

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

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<lb/> them and the other day when one of them was coming
<lb/> out of chloroform he shouted out such rude things
<lb/>about her, it was quite embarrassing. She is always
<lb/> grumbling about how she is treated here, so I hope
<lb/>she will soon return to wherever she came from!</p>
<p>We had another whist drive in my ward on New
<lb/>Year's Day with a supper afterwards, when Sister
<lb/>Williams was presented with a beautiful manicure set
<lb/>from the patients and the VAD's with nice little books.
<lb/>Mine is a little leather one of Moore's Melodies &#x2014; Wasn't
<lb/>it nice of them? Unfortunately in the middle of the
<lb/> whist drive, one of the men's legs began to haemorrhage
<lb/>and we had to rush off for the doctor etc. which
<lb/>rather broke up the evening; however, he was able to
<lb/>stop it alright. That is the only thing I am
<lb/> afraid of, as of course a minute or two wasted may
<lb/>just make all the difference and I never much like
<lb/> being left alone on duty in a surgical ward.</p>
<p>Sister Hodgkinson departed <hi rend="superscript">3/4</hi> of an hour before her
<lb/>time this afternoon as she said she wanted to catch a 
<lb/>train and left me in charge of the ward. The Matron
<lb/>came round on an inspection, but fortunately came in
<lb/>just before Sister left, as of curse it is quite against<pb/>

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Letter from Molly Duffin to Maria Duffin, 4 January 1916

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

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