Nurse Julia of Queen Frida's/ The Fair Stranger — Valerie K. Nelson

"To cure sometimes, to relieve often and to comfort always" - that is a description of a nurse's duty. Julia found that "comforting" put a severe strain on her when it meant acting as the fiancee of a patient for whom she cared little, in the presence of the surgeon whom she did love deeply. The story of her struggles and anxieties is unfolded against the background of a big London hospital.