Sister Bond

In the novel The Secret Adversary, Sister Bond is a nurse in the hospital where Tuppence worked at as a V.A.D. nurse during World War I. Tuppence had worked her way up the hierarchy from washing dishes to wardmaid, in charge of cleaning floors with mop and pail. Finally she had be promoted still further to wait on the nursing sisters at meal times. However, during one of the meals, there was a mix up which resulted in Sister Bond eating the egg of another nurse, Sister Whitehaven. Apparently this was considered a serious error. Tuppence was blamed for this and demoted again to cleaning floors.