There was no one around to come to her aid, Rommy saw, and so forced herself to exhale, to somehow get a grip on this situation. She wasn’t an intern any longer, and Mrs. Lukeson was a respected society lady on paper: this ought not to be so threatening an encounter.
Madam Lukeson had let go of her wrist, and for a moment Rosamund thought she had succeeded - but then the woman started getting out of bed. “Mrs. Lukeson, I must insist that you stay where you are,” she ordered with a new degree of forcefulness, loath to take any further measures against a patient who was as physically drained as her, but... having to contemplate next steps, all the same. They could not have Mrs. Lukeson tearing down the halls and ransacking the hospital, after all!
Madam Lukeson had let go of her wrist, and for a moment Rosamund thought she had succeeded - but then the woman started getting out of bed. “Mrs. Lukeson, I must insist that you stay where you are,” she ordered with a new degree of forcefulness, loath to take any further measures against a patient who was as physically drained as her, but... having to contemplate next steps, all the same. They could not have Mrs. Lukeson tearing down the halls and ransacking the hospital, after all!
