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I am in a wheelchair on grass outside the hospital I hear birds sing and distant traffic I stare into the darkness trying to fathom my blindness my toes feel itchy even though my legs have gone and the stumps well bandaged hello Grace a voice says from my right side Anthony? I say is it you? yes Grace it is he says I sense him near me I reach out to touch him he takes my hand Donald said you were coming I say did he? Anthony says I hear someone else come and place something on the grass nearby this is Philip Anthony says hello a voice says a hand take my mine and shakes it how are you? Philip says rather lost I say any news about your eyes? Anthony asks they think I will always be blind I say o so sorry Anthony says I hear them sit down and whisper things I cannot fathom look Grace I'll be honest with you if Donald told you I was thinking of marrying you then he got the wrong end of the stick Anthony says I look toward  the voice and stare at darkness I see but as you yourself never told me about marriage then it doesn't matter I say (Donald said Anthony said he was going to ask but I say nothing) who would want a blind legless woman for wife anyway? I say more bitterly than I intended it's not that Anthony says it would be out of pity not love he says I mean not the love necessary to handle such he adds Clive may have done but he's dead I say killed at Dunkirk there is silence I look away from the voice and look downward maybe you will find that someone Anthony says after a few moments of silence maybe I will I say a hand touches mine I'm sure you will Philip's voice says and are you the expert on finding matches for blind legless women? I say coldly look Grace I must go make a telephone call Anthony says and he goes off it is quiet for a moment or two how would you like to go out for a meal somewhere? Philip says to my left like this? no in a dress and with make up he says who would want me in their restaurant like this? I say I know a place where we would be welcome he says softly and you would want me like this there? have you a dress and make up? he asks no my house was bombed I lost everything including legs and sight I say with a sigh maybe I can buy you a dress and clothes if you tell me your size? I have no coupons everything has gone I say I can arrange that I work for the Foreign Office he says why would you want to? I say I admire your courage he says I look toward the voice I tell him my size and other things then sit quiet looking into the darkness again Anthony returns and sits and says look sorry about the short visit but I've got an urgent message must go he says and he kisses my cheek and goes again I'll do what I can Philip says and he kisses my hand and goes I am left alone with bird song and itchy toes which are not there and I sit and sigh and stare.
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Jan 9, 2016
Jan 9, 2016 at 6:14 AM UTC
GRACE'S VISITORS 1940.
I am in a wheelchair on grass outside the hospital I hear birds sing and distant traffic I stare into the darkness trying to fathom my blindness my toes feel itchy even though my legs have gone and the stumps well bandaged hello Grace a voice says from my right side Anthony? I say is it you? yes Grace it is he says I sense him near me I reach out to touch him he takes my hand Donald said you were coming I say did he? Anthony says I hear someone else come and place something on the grass nearby this is Philip Anthony says hello a voice says a hand take my mine and shakes it how are you? Philip says rather lost I say any news about your eyes? Anthony asks they think I will always be blind I say o so sorry Anthony says I hear them sit down and whisper things I cannot fathom look Grace I'll be honest with you if Donald told you I was thinking of marrying you then he got the wrong end of the stick Anthony says I look toward  the voice and stare at darkness I see but as you yourself never told me about marriage then it doesn't matter I say (Donald said Anthony said he was going to ask but I say nothing) who would want a blind legless woman for wife anyway? I say more bitterly than I intended it's not that Anthony says it would be out of pity not love he says I mean not the love necessary to handle such he adds Clive may have done but he's dead I say killed at Dunkirk there is silence I look away from the voice and look downward maybe you will find that someone Anthony says after a few moments of silence maybe I will I say a hand touches mine I'm sure you will Philip's voice says and are you the expert on finding matches for blind legless women? I say coldly look Grace I must go make a telephone call Anthony says and he goes off it is quiet for a moment or two how would you like to go out for a meal somewhere? Philip says to my left like this? no in a dress and with make up he says who would want me in their restaurant like this? I say I know a place where we would be welcome he says softly and you would want me like this there? have you a dress and make up? he asks no my house was bombed I lost everything including legs and sight I say with a sigh maybe I can buy you a dress and clothes if you tell me your size? I have no coupons everything has gone I say I can arrange that I work for the Foreign Office he says why would you want to? I say I admire your courage he says I look toward the voice I tell him my size and other things then sit quiet looking into the darkness again Anthony returns and sits and says look sorry about the short visit but I've got an urgent message must go he says and he kisses my cheek and goes again I'll do what I can Philip says and he kisses my hand and goes I am left alone with bird song and itchy toes which are not there and I sit and sigh and stare.
A WOMAN IS VISITED BY TWO MEN IN HOSPITAL IN 1940
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Jan 9, 2016
Jan 9, 2016 at 6:14 AM UTC
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