The Doctor’s Story

Fiction: a historical narrative (extract)

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So we are here to talk about James Hood. All those words, all these pages, all for your entertainment, and perhaps edification, on the subject of Lieutenant James Hood. That is a pity. I mean to say, that is a missed opportunity. I am Doctor Chadwick, Cecil to you, and I have much to tell. Yes, I too was at Waterloo and, indeed, rode across the whole damned…