Stars Through The Mist Author:Betty Neels Wanted - a sensible, competent wife! — When distinguished surgeon Gerard von Doornick asked Staff Nurse Deborah Culpepper to marry him, his reasons were practical, not romantic. — As she had been secretly in love with Gerard for some time, Deborah accepted his terms and hoped for the best. — It might all have worked out very happily, had Ger... more »ard's friend Claude van Trapp not done his best to try and spoil things!