I should perhaps explain that we’re not the best of friends, Nurse Evans. Claudia is my stepsister, she’s only a little younger than I, and we met for the first time when my father married her mother, who had been a widow for some years. We are, in fact, not related—all the same, as we bear the same name I feel some responsibility towards her.’ He looked down at her and actually smiled—a thin smile. ‘She’s been seen by a doctor since you arrived here? I did arrange…’
Louisa said impatiently: ‘Yes, the doctor came. I have his phone number and he’ll call again in a week’s time.’
‘He gave you no further instructions?’ Mr Savage’s deep voice sounded curt.
‘No, none at all. He told me to carry on as before and to call him if I was worried about anything.’
He moved away from her at last and went to stand at the window again, half turned away from her. ‘There seems little point in staying,’ he said at length, and turned to look at her, frowning. ‘I’m not sure if I’m doing the right thing…’
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