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Only a
handful of men were moaning or crying.
One man was yelling at no one in particular, as if he was
still in the middle of a battle.
But he was at the other side of the church and Daniel did
not pay much attention to him.
“It looks like he’s talking to the soldiers,”
Daniel whispered again as he turned back to Thomas.
“He’s wandering around the room and stopping every
once in a while.”
“It looks like that guy he brought with him is checking
out the soldiers as well,” Thomas added.
“He’s got to be some kind of nurse or doctor.”
“I think you’re right,” Daniel agreed.
“Ohhh,” Lynn groaned, shaking her head back and forth
slowly.
“She’s waking up!”
Thomas warned.
“What’s going on?” she mumbled from a half sleep.
“Daniel, Thomas?”
She said, leaning up on her elbows and looking around.
“Hi Sis,” Daniel whispered.
“How you feeling?”
“Sore,” Lynn replied.
“My leg feels like it’s going numb and I’m achy all
over.”
“Do you think something’s wrong?”
Daniel asked quickly.
All his attention turned to Lynn and his face became
white.
“I-I don’t know,” Lynn said slowly.
She sensed his concern and it made her feel good.
But she didn’t want to worry him.
“It’s probably nothing.”
“Maybe I should get a doctor,” Daniel suggested.
“After all, you’ve only had Mary looking at that
since it happened. And she’s not even a real nurse.”
“Mary knows more than any nurse,” Thomas interrupted.
He had been watching the men across the room but now he
turned his attention to Lynn and Dan.
“She’s been taking care of me and my family since I
was little,” Thomas went on in an almost angry tone.
“And she helped out Clara Barton the other day at the
field hospital.”
“That doesn’t make her a doctor,” Dan argued.
“It doesn’t have to,” Thomas replied.
“She knows what she’s doing.”
“I’m not saying she doesn’t,” Dan said a little
softer this time. He
did not want to insult Mary or Thomas.
If it wasn’t for them, Lynn would have been discovered
long ago. Of course
if Lynn died from her wounds, none of that mattered anyhow.
“But Lynn might still need to see someone else.”
“And give away her secret?” Thomas quickly added.
“Is that what you want?”
“I’m not that bad,” Lynn interrupted.
She didn’t like what she was hearing.
“Stop talking this way you guys.
I just need to rest more, that’s all.”
“Hello there,” A voice called from behind them.
Thomas and Dan whirled around to see the medical officer
who had come in with Major Hyde.
“Oh no!” Dan thought to himself.
“Hi,” Lynn quickly replied in as deep a voice as
possible.
“What’s wrong with you soldier?”
He asked as he approached the bed.
“His leg’s been hit,” Daniel said quickly.
He tried to put his body between Lynn and the man.
“But he’s fine now.
His dressing’s been changed just a short while ago.”
“It has?” The man said with a confused look on his face.
“By who?”
“S-s-some nurse,” Dan sputtered out.
He did not want to say it was Mary and bring even more
questions.
“Which one?” The
man asked. He was nudging Daniel gently trying to move him enough to get
closer to Lynn.
“I-I don’t know his name,” Daniel answered.
“Would you please move?” the man said politely
although it was clear that he was getting annoyed.
“Sh-He,” Daniel quickly corrected himself in a panic,
“He really is fine.”
“You’re from the 7th aren’t you?”
The man asked abruptly.
“Y-yes,” Daniel answered, “Why?”
“And so is he?”
He went on, pointing to Lynn.
“Major Hyde!” the man called as he turned his head to
the other part of the church. “Here’s another one.”
“He really needs his sleep,” Daniel suggested
quickly. He was
running out of ideas. His
heart was beginning to pound.
His hands were beginning to sweat.
“Where was Mary?”
“I’m sure he does,” the man said finally.
He was tired of all this arguing.
“But Major Hyde has personally asked me to look at his
men. That includes all
the soldiers of the 7th Maine,” he said as he
pushed Daniel out of the way.
“Now please step aside.”
“Stop!” Daniel cried as he grabbed the man’s arm.
“Please!”
“What the?” The
man blurted out as he struggled to get free.
He pushed Daniel with his other arm.
Lynn backed up as much as she could on her bed.
Thomas looked around in confusion, trying to think of
something to distract everyone.
“What is going on here?”
A loud voice echoed in the church.
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