Exeter. It is more than 3 weeks since I returned, & every day goes by so much the same there is very little to write about. But to day great event has taken place. The King & Queen have been to Exeter & visited No. 1 and No. 5 hospitals.

Those of our patients who were well enough went to the garden of number 5, and we nurses marched behind them in our indoor uniform. Fortunately it was a fine day.

We stood for nearly 2 hours in a very hot Sun, and at last the King & Queen arrived. They went all over the hospital. Our men were in one of the rooms & so were the doctors & sisters & matron. Miss Buller walked with the king, in the garden were a number of men from various country hospitals & the King walked up & down behind the rows, but the sad part was that neither of them looked at us, or even gave us the side glance. Afterwards the King made a dull little lifeless speech, of thanks to the men, but he never said a word of thanks to Miss Buller or any of the workers in the hospital. At last it was over & we were released, we got back to the hospital at 1.30 & had as a result a very hard afternoon & evening. I did not get off until 7.30, & having begun at 7.30 AM, felt a bit weary.

We have had a good deal to do lately, as we had a batch from the Dardanelles some of whom are rather bad. I have ward 8 to myself, the same that I began in in Jan. One boy has a compound fracture of the leg & a nasty wound & one has lost his eye. But they are such a nice lot, & so cheery & bright.