Inglis's and Dr. Hollway's, worked
together at the Czar Lazar Hospital under the Serbian Director, Major
Nicolitch. It was here they were taken prisoners by the Germans in
November.
"These months at Krushevatz were a strange mixture of sorrow and
happiness. Was the country really so very beautiful, or was it the
contrast to all the misery that made it evident? There was a
curious exhilaration in working for those grateful, patient men,
and in helping the Director, so loyal to his country and so
conscientious in his work, to bring order out of chaos; and yet the
unhappiness in the Serbian houses, and the physical wretchedness of
those cold, hungry prisoners, lay always like a dead weight on our
spirits. Never shall we forget the beauty of the sunrises or the
glory of the sunsets, with clear, cold, sunlit days between, and
the wonderful starlit nights. But we shall never forget 'the
Zoo,'[13] either, or the groans outside when we hid our heads in
the blankets to shut out the sound. Nor shall we ever forget the
cheeriness or trustfulness of all that hospital, and especially of
the officers' ward. We got no news, and we made it a point of
honour not to believe a word of the German telegrams posted up in
the town.
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