Cassie DePeckel
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And the Commandant says you can.
When will that be?
The interpreter repeats the question to Kanishi.
He grins as he answers.
Harrington doesn't need the interpreter to translate.
They'll get the packages whenever Kanishi decides they'll get them.
That could be tomorrow, it could be in months, or it could be never.
Harrington's anger dissolves into despair.
She's hungrier than ever.
But her real anguish is the feeling of helplessness.
Harrington realizes there's no limit to Kenishi's cruelty.
She would do anything to get away from him.
But for now, she's trapped.
Dorothy still hurries to the Navy nurse's shanty and squeezes herself in.
There's barely room to stand.
The shanty's tiny, half the size of her kitchen back home.
The other 11 nurses are crammed inside.
Dorothy puts a hand on the shanty's tin wall to steady herself.
Between the lack of food and her workload, she feels as if she might pass out.
Her scalp is itching as well.