Beware the Dog : Roald Dahl [16 of 32]

• The nurse came up to the side of his bed and began to straighten out the sheets and tuck them in under the mattress.
• "Gracious me, what things you imagine. You mustn't worry about a thing like that. Would you like me to get you something to read?"
• "No, thank you." She patted his pillow and brushed back the hair from his forehead with her hand.
• "They never come over in daylight any longer. You know that. They were probably Lancasters or Flying Fortresses." "Nurse." "Yes."
• "Could I have a cigarette?" "Why certainly you can." She went out and came back almost at once with a packet of Players and some matches.
• She handed one to him and when he had put it in his mouth, she struck a match and lit it.
• "If you want me again," she said, "just ring the bell," and she went out.