War Emergency Hospital—August 1940 Summary

Michael convinces Mrs. Ives to write a letter to the Commander for him, while Fordham is down getting X-rays. When days pass and he doesn't receive a response, he worries that something happened to his letter preventing the Commander from receiving it. Michael scans the newspapers for stories that might prompt his memory to return from the amnesia the doctors and nurses think he has.

Michael waits until it's visiting day. Expecting the Commander to come see him, he tells the nurse that he has his memory back. When the doctor finds out he isn't a soldier, he tells the nurse to get to matron because they have to transfer Michael to a civilian hospital. On visiting day, Daphne, the barmaid from the pub comes to visit him. She tells Michael that the Commander and...