She hoped that the scare would only last a few days. The Bulgars had
occupied Veles though, which was bad news. Another refugee lady from
Belgrade came in. More patients. Forty-nine for the "Merkur" hospital.
Lots of running about, but at last all were bedded.
A Serbian comitaj girl came in in the afternoon, looking for a lady
doctor. She was a fine upstanding creature with a strong, almost fierce,
face. There had been six of her, she said, but one had been killed. The
bombardment of Varna turned out to be a lie, but they said that all the
Bulgars at Vrnja had been surrounded. Major Gaschitch also said that if
Serbia could hold out till the 10th, something wonderful was going to
happen.
Our visitors had rather a hard time. One of them was trotting into the
little sitting-room of the hospital. She opened the door and started
back aghast. There was a man within clad in nothing but a large pair of
moustaches. She fled. Mr. Berry having nowhere to examine a stray
patient had occupied the room at an unlucky moment.
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