A Valentine for Daisy by Betty Neels - A Valentine for Daisy

Author:Betty Neels - A Valentine for Daisy [Neels, Betty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781408983034
Publisher: Harlequin (UK) Ltd
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

AFTER the quietness of the women’s medical ward, the children’s unit gave forth a steady roar of sound: shrill cries, shrieks, babies crying and cheerful voices, accompanied by background music just loud enough to weld the whole into a cheerful din. Daisy paused just inside the doors, not sure where to go; there were doors on either side of the wide hall leading to the ward. She supposed she should report to Sister…

A very pretty young woman put her head round one of the doors. ‘Our new orderly?’ she asked in a friendly voice. ‘Come in here, will you, and I’ll give you a few ideas…?’

Sister Carter was as unlike Sister on Women’s Medical as chalk was from cheese. Not much older than Daisy, with curly hair framing a delightful face, she looked good enough to eat. Daisy, bidden to sit, sat and said politely, ‘Good morning, Sister. I’m the orderly; my name’s Daisy.’

‘Nice—the children will love it.’ She glanced at a folder on her desk. ‘I see you’ve been working in a nursery school, just the kind of person we need here.’ She smiled at Daisy. ‘Lots of dirty work, though.’

‘I don’t mind that, Sister.’

‘Good. Come and meet Maisie—our other orderly.’

Maisie was on her hands and knees clearing up a toddler’s breakfast porridge which had been hurled away in a fit of childish pique. She came upright, beaming from a round and cheerful face. ‘’E’s at it again, Sister,’ she observed without rancour.

‘Naughty boy,’ said sister. ‘Maisie, here is Daisy, your new partner.’

‘’Ello, love, am I glad to see you—one pair of ’ands don’t go far with this lot.’ She looked Daisy over in a friendly way. ‘Like kids?’

‘Yes,’ said Daisy.

‘You and me’ll get on fine,’ declared Maisie. ‘’Elp me clear the breakfast things and I’ll tell you what’s what as we go.’

Daisy had never been so content; the ward was a happy place despite the sick children in it and she had spent the day clearing up messes, sorting clean linen and bagging mountains of soiled sheets and small garments, going to and fro with meals, making Sister’s coffee and listening carefully to Maisie’s advice. Maisie was a treasure with a heart of gold and endless patience. The nurses were nice too; she might not be one of them but she had been made to feel that she was part of the team. Daisy blessed the unknown authority who had seen fit to send her to the children’s unit. Going down to her short tea break, she wondered who it was.

The unknown authority was sitting in Sister Carter’s office, going over his small patients’ case-sheets and drinking strong tea from a mug. Presently he glanced up. ‘The new orderly—she’ll settle down?’

‘Daisy? Oh, yes, sir. A nice little thing. You recommended her, didn’t you? Not quite our usual sort of girl but she has a way with the children and our Maisie assures me that she’s a good worker.

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