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the English.  Kitchener himself has just been to France to arrange for them to have a rest.  They have been for days in the trenches without taking their clothes off and part of the time on half rations bonds.  Pauline cried as she told me, which was a sign[[strikethrough]]ed [[/strikethrough]] for Miss Jones to appear and for me to vanish, which I thankfully did.
We looked like a [[strikethrough]] real [[/strikethrough]] ^[[very respectable]] Corporation the next morning as we left Victoria.  I [[strikethrough]] came well provided with [[/strikethrough]] ^[[arrived at the station laden down with]] Mother Sills, [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] ^[[and flowers provided by the Pagets.]]  It was blowing a gale and tried to distribute the[[strikethrough]]m [[/strikethrough]] ^[[seasick medicine]] among the nurses, but most of them were haughty or would not take enough and consequently suffered later.  I shall never forget our two small cabins [[strikethrough]] full of sea sick women [[/strikethrough]] ^[[on the tiny boat which took us across from Folkestone To Deippe.]]  It rained and the wind blew and the windows leaked and every one that couldn't lie on a sofa, lay disgracefully

Transcription Notes:
Mothersills was a seasickness remedy. Dieppe