Diana III

Diana and Jan get married and she decides that she wants to use her money to set up a home for children whose lives have been destroyed by war. Jan feels that her good side is now coming out more. He is fed up with the war and wishes it were over. Diana is eager to have another baby, though she loves her daughter Yvonne. She wants a son by Jan, but she has to tell him that it seems unlikely that she will manage it. She tells him that when she asked him to come to France with her on the mission to get Yves' papers, she was pregnant by one of her lovers. She felt that she could not go on with dangerous war work, in such a condition, so she hastily arranged an abortion. It didn't go well and her womb was damaged. Jan knows little of female reproduction and is shocked. He had guessed at the time he met her that Diana was pregnant, and then on a second meeting, she did not seem to be pregnant. Diana tells him she could try to have an operation to fix her womb, but she also has a bad heart. She has had heart trouble before and the adventures in France have added to the strain on her heart. So having a gynaecological operation might kill her. They embark on their mission to France, and this time Diana is injured. He gets her back safe to England but the strain on her heart is now a serious issue. She has to have several operations and it's clear that she will not live for long. He and Yvonne look after her and she finally dies, adjuring John not to give up on life because she is gone. He has agreed to use the land they have bought to make a refuge for war children... and in her memory he decides to go on with that....