Portsmouth at Last

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Title: Portsmouth at Last
Author: capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight ACD)
Characters: Orontes Captain and ship's surgeon, Captain John Watson, Army Medical Department
Summary: HMMS Orontes finally makes landfall
Warnings: (Imaginative prompt bending is not cheating)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 2016 amnesty prompts: “The Sea", “The show at the end of the pier", and “Quarantine".

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Captain Gantry of the Orontes would have preferred to wait until evening.

The offloading of returning soldiers always drew a crowd. Some were family or friends coming to meet their loved-ones but most were gawkers arriving at the end of the pier to watch the spectacle.

He was appalled at how poorly his charges had fared the gale and cursed his ship’s surgeon for their deplorable state.

‘They had a doctor,’ shrugged the surgeon.

‘Him?’ Gantry pointed to the poor wretch with the white-knuckled grip on his litter. ‘Unfortunately, doctor, these patients will remain your responsibility. They’ve quarantined Netley Hospital.’

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Note: This is a continuation of It's a Long Way to Portsmouth, Battened Down, and At the Mercy of the Storm.

Comments

[debriswoman]

Such a tough time.

[med_cat]

Oh dear...

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Funny how the same people whooping and waving flags when the soldiers march away only gawk and stare when they return broken.

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

A tough time indeed, but at least he is back in England.
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[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Stop and stare, or turn their backs to them.
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[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Back on the Orontes, Watson. Your hospital is quarantined!
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