Dr. Inglis had been very ill
during the whole voyage, but on the Sunday afternoon she came on deck,
and stood for half an hour whilst the officers of the Serbian division
took leave of her.
"It was a wonderful example of her courage and fortitude. She stood
unsupported--a splendid figure of quiet dignity, her face ashen and
drawn like a mask, dressed in her worn uniform coat, with the faded
ribbons, that had seen such good service. As the officers kissed her
hand, she said to each of them a few words, accompanied with her
wonderful smile."
She had stood through the summer months in Russia, an indomitable little
figure, refusing to leave, until she had got ships for the remnant of
the Serbian division, and then, with her Serbs and her Unit around her,
she landed on the shores of England, to die.
FOOTNOTE:
[21] _A History of The Scottish Women's Hospitals._
CHAPTER XIII
"THE NEW WORK" AND MEMORIES
"Never knew I a braver going
Never read I of one....
"You faced the shadow with all tenderest words of love for all of
us, but with not one selfish syllable on your lips."[22]
Dr. Inglis was brought on shore on Sunday evening, and a room was taken
for her in the Station Hotel at Newcastle.
"The victory over Death has begun when the fear of death is destroyed.
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