‘Oliver—how delightful. You’ll stay for tea? Amabel, go and tell Mrs Twitchett. You know Amabel, of course?’ ‘I saw her as I came in, and yes, I know Amabel. How do you find life now that you are back home, Aunt?’ The old lady said fretfully, ‘I get tired and I forget things. But it is good to be home again. Amabel is a good girl and not impatient. Some of the nurses were impatient. You could feel them seething under their calm faces and I can sympathise with them.’ ‘You sleep well?’ ‘I suppose so. The nights are long, but Amabel makes tea and we sit and gossip.’ She added in an anxious voice, ‘I shall get better, Oliver?’ He said gently, ‘You will improve slowly, but getting well after illness is sometimes harder than being ill.’ ‘Yes, it is. How I hate that wheelchair and that horrible thing to help me walk. I won’t use it, you know. Amabel gives me an arm…’ The old lady closed her eyes and nodded off for a moment, before adding, ‘It was clever of you to find her, Oliver.
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