Man to Tame by Rachel Lindsay

Author:Rachel Lindsay [Lindsay, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: English Fiction
ISBN: 9780263090604
Google: hXQ2AAAACAAJ
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Published: 1976-10-07T16:00:00+00:00

I’m glad to find you're human, Doctor,' one of the ,men said to her after she had edgily answered a query arid then apologised for her brevity. ‘You've been too perfect up to now. The men call you Angel-face.'

Kate gaped at him. ‘What a name!'

'It's on account of your hair,' he said. 'It curls round your head and the fact that you've been so gentle and easy-going.'

'No sharp-tongued marmot here,' she thought, and instantly dismissed it. 'Maybe I should make a habit of being bad-tempered,' she grinned. 'It might bring me some more patients.'

‘They'll all be coming to you in time,' the man assured her. 'But even when Dr Morris was here, a lot of them went to their own doctors in Llanduff.'

'It seems a shame not to utilise the doctor here,' she said, 'especially when Mr Howard is paying so heavily for it.’

'He gets it back in output,’ the man said. ‘But I’ll grant you he's a good employer.'

‘Have you worked here long?' she asked. 'Since I was a boy, and I'm nearly fifty now. I began under Mr Howard's father. Old Josh we called him. This one used to be called the Young Josh. Some of us still do it—though never to his face!'

'I can appreciate why,’ Kate smiled back, and was still amused as she recounted the story to Nurse Evans.

‘Do you want me for evening surgery tonight?' the Woman asked.

There'll only be my hand to hold!' Kate said bitterly. ‘I’ll give it another fortnight, then I'll close up and start studying instead.'

'I go to a dressmaking class two evenings a week,’ the nurse confided.

'That's not for me. I'm hopeless with a needle. I'd never have made a surgeon.'

Nurse Evans laughed and started to file the patients' cards that were in her hand. Kate stood up and stretched. It was lunchtime and she was dismayed at the prospect of having to face Joshua. Darn it, now she was thinking of him by his first name; it just showed how treacherous her thoughts were. Before she knew it she would be calling him by his name too. The very idea made her grow hot with embarrassment and she pulled off her jacket Because the weather was warm she wore a silk dress. Sleeveless and figure-fitting, its filmy yellow material made her look like a fresh primrose.

'I’m going to lunch,’ she said' aloud, and resolutely made her way to the directors dining room. Dermot came forward to greet her. She had deliberately not seen much of him in the last few weeks, afraid that he was becoming serious over her. But today she smiled at him with unusual warmth, knowing she was using him as a shield yet unable to stop herself. A quick glance round the room had told her Joshua Howard was not present, but every fiber of her being was anticipating his arrival.

'Long time no see,’ Dermot handed her a orange juice, knowing she did not drink alcohol during the day when she was working. 'Still

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