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?Take off your coat, said the doctor. I took it off. ?And your dress, he said. ?Its too dangerous the folds may catch in the debris and bring the whole thing down. I took off the dress. ?Fine, he said shortly. ?Itll have to be head first. Well hold your thighs. Go down and see if its possible to give an injection. Can you grip the torch with your teeth? Frances Faviell lived in Chelsea before and during the London Blitz, having became a Red Cross volunteer when World War II began. Chelsea was particularly heavily bombed and the author was often in the heart of the action, witnessing or involved in fascinating and horrific events through 1940 and 1941. Her memoir evokes an unforgettable cast, Londoners and refugees alike, caught up together in extraordinarily dangerous times not forgetting the ?Green Cat, a Chinese statuette, standing on the authors window sill as