“I was just telling Tania about dear Florence – ”
“I am interested in hearing too,” added Rupert. “I have heard people talking about your friend, Florence Nightingale, and how brilliantly she has managed the hospital in London.”
“Who told you that?” asked Selina.
“My late mother was a member of a charitable trust headed by Lady Canning, who told her a long time ago that a new superintendent was needed and another friend, Lady Petheridge, had put forward Miss Nightingale’s name.”
“I am not surprised you heard that,” added Charles. “Florence has run it brilliantly and every single patient has left praising her up to the skies.
“She is worth fifty doctors and has more common sense than they ever expected to find in a woman!”
They all laughed and Tania knew it was something very strange
