She tells me I better not get the notion she'll be running up to this part of
the world every time I have a little pain or a twinge.
There are twenty beds in the ward, all white, all empty. The nurse tells
Seamus put me at the far end of the ward against the wall to make sure I
don't talk to anyone who might be passing the door, which is very unlikely
since there isn't another soul on this whole floor. She tells Seamus this was
the fever ward during the Great Famine long ago and only God knows
how many died here brought in too late for anything but a wash before
they were buried and there are stories of cries and moans in the far
reaches of the night. She says 'twould break your heart to think of what
the English did to us, that if they didn't put the blight on the potato they
didn't do much to take it off. No pity. No feeling at all for the people that
died in this very ward, children suffering and dying here while the English
feasted on roast beef and guzzled the best of wine in their big houses,
little children with their mouths all green from trying to eat the grass in the
fields beyond, God bless us and save us and guard us from future famines.
3 Seamus says 'twas a terrible thing indeed and I wouldn't want to be
walking these halls in the dark with all the little green mouths gaping at
him. The nurse takes my temperature, Tis up a bit, have a good sleep for
yourself now that you're away from the chatter with Patricia Madigan
Think
Question 2
Write two or three sentences exploring the relation
depicted in paragraph 47 of the text. Support your
as your own inferences.
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