 James feels stymied in his staff position and would like nothing more than to be reposted with his regiment. Georgina feels thwarted in her nursing duties, as well. Her hope was to nurse wounded soldiers, but instead she is assigned to a womens  ward. She becomes attached to one of her patients, a kind and grateful woman who is gravely ill. Georgina enlists her friends, well-intentioned young ladies who want to help, but the Head Nurse views them as silly dilettantes. Though all thumbs, Georgina is utterly committed to her avocation. Meanwhile, Hazel visits the head of James  regiment and asks for his reassignment to the front -- an extraordinary request from an officer s wife. Downstairs, after discouraging Daisy, Rose slips away to become a conductress. James is thrilled when notified that he s back with his regiment, Georgina inconsolable when her patient dies and Daisy embittered at Rose s betrayal.