Rest and be Thankful by Helen MacInnes

Author:Helen MacInnes [MacInnes, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781781161630
Publisher: Titan Books
Published: 2014-01-16T22:51:00+00:00

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Downstairs Dr. Clark found it good to rest for half an hour by the fire, enjoying a sandwich and coffee before he started the bleak drive down to Sweetwater. Jim Brent was looking well, he was glad to see, and the rest of the writers were more normal than he had expected from that screwball on the landing. They were a nice crowd, talkative and friendly enough. There was an important-looking man with a noble head and a good pair of hands, who seemed to be the host. He was making a fancy little speech about the fine life of a country doctor on his errands of mercy.

But as Dr. Clark stretched his sodden boots towards the fire, and remembered the child who had died of tetanus that afternoon, he was inclined to be less moved than his host was by the spiritual rewards. They must be very great, he was assured earnestly.

Before he finished the second sandwich the telephone rang. The doctor was on his feet at once, his bag in his hand. “Tell them I’m coming straight over,” he called to Mrs. Gunn, who had hurried into the hall to answer the ’phone. “Good night, all.”

Spiritual rewards, he thought, as he ploughed through the muddy yard with Jim towards his car. That kid with tetanus...

“Good night, Jim. Keep well!” he said, and drove carefully down the black, slick road.

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