"Oh, charming! I can't get leave in the afternoons, though."
"You often have a day off."
"Yes, but it's too soon to ask for another."
"Well, how about Wednesday, then?"
"Too soon. Think of the new Sister, and her opinion of me! That has yet to be won."
"Well, let me know, anyway...."
(Staved off!)
The new Sister is coming quite soon: she has a medal.
Now that I know my Sister must go I don't talk to her much; I almost avoid her. That's true hospital philosophy.
I must put down the beauty of the night and the woman's laugh in the shadowy hedge....