“I’ll have the fund papers at the business office by Friday.

You can sign them there.”

At one o’clock I sat with Rosalie and did her hair.

The brush was in the top drawer.

I started at the ends and worked up the way she taught me, and the pump in the corner kept its own time.

A nurse came in, checked the line on the back of Rosalie’s hand, and looked at the brush.

“You’re not supposed to have that in here.”