the Kings of England

part Two by Grant White

1901

 A jar of Gherkins slipped out of her hands while she was filling it & smashed, almost cutting of the little finger of her left hand.

The accident left a scar from the wrist up her palm, between the third & little finger & down the back of her hand to her wrist.

There was no sign of any stitching & afterwards her pinkie hung away from its neighbour at a sharp angle.

They poured iodine on it, bandaged it & she had the rest of the day off.

“The vinegar did sting, sumat wicked “.

The next day she was back at work in the Bristol Pickle factory, standing on an old beer crate so she could reach the conveyor belt.

She was small even for a seven year old girl.