Flight of a Maori Goddess (The Sea of Freedom Trilogy Book 3) by Sarah Lark

Author:Sarah Lark [Lark, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503904231
Publisher: Amazon Crossing
Published: 2018-09-03T22:00:00+00:00

To general surprise, Doortje had counted among the first women to report for duty at the hospital. Roberta had at first suspected she was trying to get close to Kevin, but in fact, the Boer went out of her way to avoid him. Jenny suggested that she wanted to distract herself from her enormous loss.

But Daisy made an interesting observation. “She’s in it for the extra food,” she declared. “I saw her yesterday, wolfing it down like she was starving. The others always give the families some of it, but Miss van Stout doesn’t have anyone anymore.”

“She’s put on a little weight too,” Jenny agreed, thinking of the skeletal women in the black camp. “She looks astoundingly good when you consider the circumstances.”

Indeed, in spite of all her grief, Doortje seemed to recover. Kevin could hardly take his eyes off her whenever she—now once more in clean clothing and with a starched bonnet—passed through the hospital. Thanks to the new donations, the hospital laundry was at last furnished with plenty of soap and starch.

Kevin did not comment on what the nurses said about the young Boer woman. He never spoke with them about Doortje van Stout, even though Daisy was always trying to get information out of him about his time in Wepener. She was somewhat more successful with Cornelis. She had immediately wrapped him around her little finger, even though Roberta thought a calm, learned type like Cornelis suited Jenny better. He viewed Jenny’s focus on the blacks’ camp with suspicion, however, and so would never have tried to get close to her.

Now, though, Kevin had an idea. “Maybe you could make more use of Miss van Stout in the school,” he told Roberta. “Surely she knows better than we do how to talk to the women and children.”

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