In my time, a nurse is what we call a governess. A woman who looks after the children.
[She says it carefully, afraid of giving offense. Of course being a governess is a perfectly respectable profession but it is absolutely nothing like tending to medical emergencies.]
But I've heard what a nurse is in the future. We found these videos of a woman who was a nurse in Norfinbury once, whom they say was doing important medical research. Jia Xu. She was Chinese.
[A small step closer to the true matter at hand. She looks carefully for Claire's reaction.]
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Date: 2016-10-13 03:11 pm (UTC)[She says it carefully, afraid of giving offense. Of course being a governess is a perfectly respectable profession but it is absolutely nothing like tending to medical emergencies.]
But I've heard what a nurse is in the future. We found these videos of a woman who was a nurse in Norfinbury once, whom they say was doing important medical research. Jia Xu. She was Chinese.
[A small step closer to the true matter at hand. She looks carefully for Claire's reaction.]