More than a hundred years have passed since the first woman doctorqualified, but, as Lucy found, it takes the male sex longer than that to getused to a new idea. Such a waste, they argued, on hearing of her ambition tospecialise. You'll get married, and then what becomes of all your work? Invain Lucy explained that she had finished with love and marriage sinceJohnny Eglington had let her down so badly, but none of them - Johnnyhimself, her old friend, Michael Dare, and her new chief, that cleversurgeon Paul Brandon - seemed to be quite convinced!