Listen to Pat tell the story of Margaret’s Christmas break… in November!
Audio Credits: From the collection of The Miss Margaret Robins Archives of Women’s College Hospital.
Pat, Class of 1958: I come down my corridor and I hear Maggie on the phone, and it’s about-
Margaret, Class of 1958: Oh yeah.
Pat: -November-
Margaret: Oh, I’d forgotten that.
Pat: -twenty fifth or sixth-
Margaret: Yeah.
Pat: -or something like that.
Margaret: Yeah.
Pat: Still November.
Margaret: Yeah.
Pat: And, and, she’s… and then she says “Well, I’ll be home for Christmas!” And I suppose there’s “Ooh, ahh” in the background. Now there’s a little silence, and Margaret says [laughing], “This weekend!” [Laughs.]
Margaret: [Laughs.] Yeah.
Pat: Oh my. And-
Margaret: You know-
Pat: -I thought “Typical! Typical!”