- Posted on: 1 September, 2023
- 50 Years Old
- William Trevor
- #'The Boarding House' #1965 #50 #Female #Novel #Nurse Clock #Tome Obd
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Nurse Clock 50
‘It is still Nurse Clock, surely? What age are you, Nurse Clock?’
‘Now, now.’
‘I cannot hear. I asked what age. I cannot hear your answer.’
‘My age is my affair. In fact, I am in my fifty-first year.’
‘You will not get married now, Nurse Clock.’
‘I would not wish to, Mr Obd.’
‘Do you have a fellow?’
‘No, Mr Obd, I do not have a fellow.’
‘I would truly ask you to come out with me if it were not for the work I must do.’
‘You’re a scream, Mr Obd! Come on now, like a good man.’
‘You would not come out with old Tome Obd? You would not be seen on a black arm?’
‘Heavens above. I did not say that for a minute. I can tell you that in my profession – ’
‘Are you a professional man?’
‘Well, woman. You know quite well who I am. I am a medical nurse, Mr Obd.’
‘Ah.’
‘I cannot stand here, you know.’
‘It is surely a pity you do not have a fellow, Nurse Clock. Does it make you sad to remember that you do not have such. Do you not get sex, Nurse Clock?’
