THE AEGEAN SEA,
"_May 2nd, 1915._
"DEAREST EVA,
"We have had a perfectly glorious voyage from Brindisi to Athens,
all yesterday between the coast and the Greek Islands, and then in
the Gulf of Corinth. I never remember such a day--all day the
sunshine and the beautiful hills, with the clouds capping them, or
lying on their slopes, and the blue sky above, and blue sea all
round. Then came the most glorious sunset, and when we came up from
dinner the sky blazing with stars. We put our chairs back to the
last notches, and lay looking at them, till a great yellow moon
came up and flooded the place with light and put the stars out. It
was glorious....
"Your loving sister,
"ELSIE INGLIS."
She landed in Serbia when the epidemic of fever had been almost
overcome, and with the long, peaceful summer ahead of her. It is a joy
to think of Dr. Inglis all that summer. Her letters are full of buoyancy
of spirit. She was keen about everything. She had left behind her a
magnificent organization, enthusiastic women in every department, the
money flowing in, and the scheme meeting with more and more approval
throughout the country. In Serbia she was to find her power of
organizing given full scope. She had splendid material in the personnel
of the Scottish Women's Hospitals Units under her command. She made many
friends--Sir Ralph Paget, Colonel Hunter, Dr. Curcin, Colonel Gentitch,
and many others. She was in close touch with, was herself part of, big
schemes, a fact which was exhilarating to her. Everything combined to
make her happy.
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