Infected Waters: A Titanic Disaster by Alathia Paris Morgan

Author:Alathia Paris Morgan [Morgan, Alathia Paris]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-09-07T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Saturday, April 13, 1912

After a restless night, Nora returned to make the rounds on her patients who were infected.

Patrick hadn’t come to from his unconscious state, but Jonathan had managed to tie his body to the bed. He had stationed a crewman outside his door in case he regained consciousness.

“You haven’t heard anything from inside yet?” Nora inquired of Patrick’s guard.

“No, Miss. Not a peep from the room all night,” he responded, standing as she entered the room.

Crossing the room to check on the still form laying on the bed, Nora was thankful Patrick seemed to be unaware of any pain.

Closing the door firmly behind her, she informed, “Make sure no one goes in or out until you are relieved by myself or Jonathan.”

“Yes, Miss.” The crewman resumed his seat guarding the door.

Unsure as to how long Patrick had, Nora vowed to keep this from spreading further. She would have to see that Jonathan came by more frequently as she feared he didn’t have much time left.

The new infirmary was running well with Nurse Peggy overseeing the two volunteers from steerage.

“Good morning, ladies. How are things going here?” Nora inquired of them.

“Oh, Nurse Ryan, things are going splendidly today. I’m so sorry for taking things overboard yesterday.” Peggy hoped she would forget her behavior and not mention it to the new nurses.

“We all have bad days, Peggy. Yesterday was trying for all of us. We won’t speak of it again.” Nora smiled, hoping to put her at ease.

“Things seem to be under control. If you need me for anything, I’ll be downstairs seeing to the other patients.” Nora left, knowing the new infirmary was in capable hands.

Dreading what she would find upon her arrival, she braced herself and opened the door. The room was quiet except for the raspy breathing of the two patients who were still conscious, at least for the moment.

“Nurse Nora, please tell me you haven’t come to rescue us from the attentions of this gorgeous Nurse Judith?” Timothy pleaded.

“She is very good at distracting us from our upcoming demise,” Billy, the other crewman, heartily agreed.

“Oh, now, let’s not speak of demise. It hasn’t come to that yet,” Judith corrected quickly.

“Truly said, Nurse Judith, but you mustn’t excuse what we all know will happen in the next few days,” Timothy proclaimed with little remorse for his fate.

“Just promise me, when the time comes, you won’t hesitate to kill me before I bite anyone and spread this horrible disease,” Billy moaned. “I don’t want this to happen to anyone else. It hurts so much.”

“Let me get you something for the pain.” Judith hurried to the cabinet for the medicine.

Gripping Judith’s arm as she brought him the glass to take the medicine in, he reiterated his request. “Promise me. This sickness can’t reach land.”

“Now, now. We have to be hopeful that you will get better and be just fine by the time we reach America,” Judith soothed, patting his arm gently.

The medicine took effect and Billy dropped off to sleep.

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