Beware the Dog : Roald Dahl [11 of 32]

• Just then the door opened and a nurse came in. "Hello," she said. "So you've waked up at last."
• She was not good-looking, but she was large and clean. She was between thirty and forty and she had fair hair.
• More than that he did not notice. "Where am I?" "You're a lucky fellow. You landed in a wood near the beach. You're in Brighton.
• They brought you in two days ago, and now you're all fixed up. You look fine." "I've lost a leg," he said.
• "That's nothing. We'll get you another one. Now you must go to sleep. The doctor will be coming to see you in about an hour."
• She picked up the basin and the medicine glass and went out.