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Quotation from Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole
“And the grateful words and smile which rewarded me for binding up a wound or giving cooling drink was a pleasure worth risking life for at any time.”
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands, Chapter XVI (Project Gutenberg #23031 (1857 text))
Helping at the field hospital on the Woronzoff Road during the assault on the Redan, 18 June 1855.
Citation: "And the grateful words and smile which rewarded me for binding up a wound or giving cooling drink was a pleasure worth risking life for at any time." — Mary Seacole, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands, Chapter XVI (Project Gutenberg #23031 (1857 text)). (id wonderful-adventures-of-mrs-seacole-q5)
Portrait: Seacole - Challen, Albert Charles Challen, Public domain.
