I'm neck deep—if I may be permitted to use such an expression—in world affairs. The good doctor read six newspapers to me while you were gone.
Karen laughed. "I thought he sounded a bit hoarse."
Well—out with it, woman! Did you enjoy your first day off in almost three weeks?
Her voice was happier than he had heard it in days. "I went shopping, George, for the first time in months, and really splurged. Got a new outfit. You should see me."
I wish I could.
"You will soon enough."
What do you mean by that?
"Your body's ready. You move in tomorrow."
Thank God! Tomorrow! It is—rather hard to believe, after all this time! I'm going to have a body. He could almost feel a lump form in his throat, only of course he didn't have a throat—yet. I don't know if I'm going to like having to put up with the pains of the flesh again.
She laughed. Then her voice turned wistful, or maybe it was just his imagination. "Not only the pains, George, but the pleasures, too."