14 RECOVERYHer mother had been extremely upset by the bad news and had had to be given a sedative just minutes after coming around from more than two days sleep. When Daisy realised that her mother would not awaken until the following morning, she decided to go home and get her the letters that her father had mentioned when he had thought that she was his wife. There was a resemblance, but she had always thought that she took after her father more than her mother. John had obviously been aware of her mother’s good looks in her.
She phoned home to warn them that she would be there in thirty minutes and left. She had to deal with the grief-stricken staff at home who had all lined up in the foyer, despite the time, to express their condolences and grief. It was touching to see how much they
