War Emergency Hospital—Summer 1940 Summary

Michael wakes up in a hospital bed with a nun hovering over him. He tries to talk but the ether is making him sick. He vomits and then drifts in and out of sleep. When he wakes again, he is in a different hospital. He finds out he is in Dunkirk and that it is August—meaning three months have passed since he was injured.

The doctor and the nurse come and go. Michael's fever is up and down. Hr finally convinces them to let him see his foot and he realizes they didn't amputate it. He keeps asking the nun to bring him a newspaper, but she never does. Fordham is a soldier in the bed next to Michael. From his conversations with Fordham, Michael realizes that the nurse is not a nun...