That haunting malady

If Trina Morgan had known what fate had in store for her when she went on duty that February morning, she might have taken a horse and a suit of armour with her and been better prepared to do battle.

And if Giles Bayne had known what kind of Joan of Arc he was about to meet in his new post as houseman at Norchester’s General Hospital, he might well have taken a spiked club.

But neither of them knew — and perhaps it was just as well, because if they had known in advance what was to happen to them at precisely 10.13 that particular morning, the baby would never have been stolen from Maternity a week later and everything would have been different…