Changes: Alice Neal

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Mrs Hughes: "And you were fond of her?"

Carson: "I was. But people drift in and out of your life, don't they? Truth to tell, I felt she treated me badly. What does it matter anyway? We shout and scream and wail and cry but in the end we must all die."

— An exchange between Mrs Hughes and Mr Carson, in 1922.^[src]

Alice Neal (died c. 1917) was an old romantic interest of Charles Carson, in the 1880s. Carson kept a photograph of her as a memento.

Alice, however, chose Charles Grigg over Carson, and he never saw her again. According to Grigg, however, their relationship had never worked, and they separated. When she was about to die, Grigg visited her in St Thomas' Hospital and she said Carson was the better man and that she loved him, but she had been a fool and could not see it at the time.

Mrs Hughes later presents Carson with a present: a framed photograph of Alice, so he can always remember her and the staff will think of him as more human.

Appearances

Episode 4.02 (Appears in photographs)
Episode 4.04 (Appears in photographs)

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-'''Alice Neal''' (died c. 1917) was an old romantic interest of [[Charles Carson]], in the 1890s. Carson kept a photograph of her as a memento.
+'''Alice Neal''' (died c. 1917) was an old romantic interest of [[Charles Carson]], in the 1880s. Carson kept a photograph of her as a memento.
 Alice, however, chose [[Charles Grigg]] over Carson, and he never saw her again. According to Grigg, however, their relationship had never worked, and they separated. When she was about to die, Grigg visited her in [[Wikipedia:St Thomas' Hospital|St Thomas' Hospital]] and she said Carson was the better man and that she loved him, but she had been a fool and could not see it at the time.