April 15, 1996
On their way to an auction to bid for a building neighbouring the Thrift, Robert and Eleanor are caught up in a horrific train cra...Read more
April 22, 1996
The Thrift has now been in operation for over a year, and Eleanor thinks it may be time to move on. She applies for a part-time po...Read more
April 29, 1996
Robert is celebrating his impending election as a Fellow the Royal College of Physicians, thanks to his old friend Sir William Fre...Read more
May 6, 1996
When Lord Palfrey, from whom Eleanor hopes a substantial donation, arrives for a guided tour of the Thrift, every patient in sight...Read more
May 13, 1996
A Bramwell family friend (a former military colleague of Robert), Guy le Saux, returns to London from Canada with a new wife half ...Read more
May 20, 1996
It is February 1896, and a Valentine card arrives, addressed to ""Dr. Bramwell"". Robert assumes (wrongly) that it is meant for hi...Read more
May 27, 1996
Charles Sheldon, a supplier of surgical equipment to the Thrift, arrives with an emergency casualty, a flamboyantly dressed young ...Read more
June 3, 1996
It is still late winter, 1896, and the Bramwells have gone to Eastbourne for a short break. Robert returns to London, but Eleanor ...Read more