Beware the Dog : Roald Dahl [28 of 32]

• Quickly he knelt down again, crawled back to the bed and hoisted himself in. He pulled the bedclothes over himself and
• lay back on the pillow, exhausted. He could still think of nothing at all except the small sign by the hedge,
• and the plowed field and the orchard. It was the words on the sign that he could not forget.
• It was some time before the nurse came in. She came carrying a basin of hot water and she said, "Good morning, how are you today?"
• He said, "Good morning, nurse." The pain was still great under the bandages, but he did not wish to tell this woman anything.
• He looked at her as she busied herself with getting the washing things ready. He looked at her more carefully now. Her hair was very fair.
• She was tall and big-boned, and her face seemed pleasant. But there was something a little uneasy about her eyes. They were never still.