Chapter 67

“He does not know any of us,” he said. “Wait until after the operation, mother, before you see him again. You can do him no good and to see him this way is too hard upon you.” The great surgeon made his examination. There was pressure on the brain from a recent fracture of the skull. An operation would relieve the pressure and might restore the patient’s mind and memory. It was worth attempting. Nurses and two doctors from Nairobi, engaged the day they arrived there, followed Lady Greystoke and the London surgeon, …