Susan Morgan (the mother)

Susan Morgan is Joe's wife and Andrew's patient. Married for nearly twenty years, she is at last expecting her first child, which makes the birth intensely precious to the whole household. Though she is unconscious through much of the drama — sunk in the anaesthetic and then collapsed “almost pulseless” — her character shows in one telling detail: she has said she must not be given chloroform if it would harm the baby, putting her unborn child's safety before her own comfort and even her own life. She is thus **selfless and deeply lo …