Mrs. Radcliffe’s surgeon-cousin advised a surgical support in my shoe. “I will take her to my own shoe-man in Regent Street,” said Mrs. Radcliffe and off we went. My foot was very sore, very painful to the touch, for a long time after the operation. I said to the…
Author: Emily Carr
The doctor found my foot had a dislocated toe, a split bone—results of an old injury. His treatment made no improvement. “We will have to amputate that toe,” he said. “I do not care to do it, though, without the consent of your home people; your general condition is…
The make-believe gentility of Miss Green’s Paying-Guest-House became intolerable to me. An injury received to my foot out in Canada was causing me great pain. Transportation from Miss Green’s to the Westminster School was difficult and indirect. I made this my excuse to change my living quarters. Miss Green…