Pale Horse, Pale Rider: Three Short Novels Chapter Summary & Analysis - Pale Horse, Pale Rider, Section Four, pp. 245-264 Summary

Pale Horse, Pale Rider, Section Four, pp. 245-264 Summary

Miranda wakes up in the hospital, and the doctors promise her that Adam has visited her and left a note, and will be back soon. Miranda does not believe them, and so Miss Tanner, the nurse, reads the note to her. Adam has not been allowed to see Miranda, but will hopefully get in to see her before he has to ship out. As soon as she has heard the words, Miranda forgets them, lost in a feverish haze. There are no beds free, so she lies on a stretcher in the hallway. Miranda wakes up later and uncomprehendingly watches two orderlies wrap up a dead man and cart him away, only to replace him with someone raving with delirium.

Miranda hallucinates that her doctor, Dr. Hildesheim, is a German spy, and she sees him bayoneting a baby and poisoning a well. Terrified, Miranda...
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