Dora is sorry BR is ill and hopes he doesn't have measles or chickenpox. She does not think it will be easy to look for staff once the baby is born. Dora is thinking of Miss Evans who wanted the matron's job with the Russells and wonders if she has a permanent job.

Dora wonders if her mother is ill as she has not heard from her. "Kate is lovely, perfectly happy, but I can't do a stroke of work, of course."

"Darling, don't worry or fret—that is why you get ill."