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... Burombo has arranged a meeting
with a friend from his office to help Lainet and Gertrud
around.
Next morning, they meet Clarissa and both accept her
proposal that she would guide them to Chelsea and its
famous "Royal Hospital" ...
The Royal Hospital
Chelsea was founded in 1682 by King Charles II as a home
for soldiers who were unfit for further duty because of
injury or old age. At the start of the 21st Century The
Royal Hospital provides a secure environment, with
medical facilities for some 350 old soldiers.
... Gertrud takes pictures
as Clarissa shows them the architecture
in this wealthy part of London ...
... and
then they watch a taxi arriving at the
main-gate of the "Royal Hospital
Chelsea".
Clarissa approaches the disembarking
pensioner who, falling for the charm of a
young lady, agrees to show her around,
and to tell a bit about the colleague who
had managed to reach his destiny with a
battery-driven wheelchair at the other
side of town ...
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