Torchwood Girls snippet
“Joan?”
“Yes, Eleanor?” Joan puts down her pen. She looks up from the desk to see her own second in command (appointment made August the 10th, 1914) hovering in the office doorway.
“There’s a… telegram.” Eleanor’s hesitant, which is extremely unusual for her. And the look on her face is the same one Joan saw on her own, every time she looked in the mirror, for all of 1900. Dear God.
“About who?”
“Jack. He’s been sent back to Britain. To hospital,” Eleanor says, coming all the way in, and taking a seat.
“Hospital?” Joan’s so glad she made him tell the girls that he can’t die. Well, she thinks she is. “Let me see.” Eleanor hands her the telegram. “Craiglockhart,” she reads. Oh, Lord. What happened to you, Jack?
“They’ll think… I don’t know what they’ll think, Joan, if he has to discuss details of our work, and his… situation. And then they’ll take him even further away from us.”
“I suspect that may depend on his doctor,” Joan replies. “I hope it does.”
“Yes, Eleanor?” Joan puts down her pen. She looks up from the desk to see her own second in command (appointment made August the 10th, 1914) hovering in the office doorway.
“There’s a… telegram.” Eleanor’s hesitant, which is extremely unusual for her. And the look on her face is the same one Joan saw on her own, every time she looked in the mirror, for all of 1900. Dear God.
“About who?”
“Jack. He’s been sent back to Britain. To hospital,” Eleanor says, coming all the way in, and taking a seat.
“Hospital?” Joan’s so glad she made him tell the girls that he can’t die. Well, she thinks she is. “Let me see.” Eleanor hands her the telegram. “Craiglockhart,” she reads. Oh, Lord. What happened to you, Jack?
“They’ll think… I don’t know what they’ll think, Joan, if he has to discuss details of our work, and his… situation. And then they’ll take him even further away from us.”
“I suspect that may depend on his doctor,” Joan replies. “I hope it does.”