The New Magdalen Chapter 5 - The German Surgeon

In which a chance encounter amidst the turmoil of war brings Mercy Merrick into the uneasy presence of a German surgeon, whose brusque manner and examination cast a grim shadow over the cottage where a woman lies apparently dead. An English war correspondent offers Mercy a passage through the enemy lines, prompting a fateful decision to assume another’s name and fate, all under the watchful eyes of the harsh German medical officer.