If I have my way, everyone who visits this hospital well be sent home in perfect health. You're quite safe with me."Maryanne thought that Lucille was ...oking, and smiled, wanly. She knew that she would not die today, but she also knew that she was not long for this world."I'll help you get into your gown, and I'll be operating the machine by myself today. It's fully automatic, so there's very little for me to do.Maryanne accepted Lucille's offer to help her change, and, being quite weak, she. Jones showed me the time clock and punched me out. I was on the bus home before I realized I did not know my salary. At 8:00 AM the next morning, I was back at it. At 10:00 AM, Ms. Jones came up and said, ‘It was nice having you. Go to Helen’s desk. Mr. Richards is asking for you.’ I went down the hall to the big offices, and stopped at a nameplate saying ‘Helen Norwood.’ Helen motioned me to a seat. Shortly thereafter, the door opened and Mr. Richards came out, motioning me up to Helen’s desk.. I walked over to themirror and wiped another hole in the mist. Leaning in closer, I studiedmy face for the first time. I seemed to be looking at it with adifferent pair of eyes this time. Without thinking, I opened the drawerand pulled out a pair of tweezers. Studying my face I started plucking.I moved back and forth from eyebrow to eyebrow until they were archedhigh above my eyes. Stepping back from the mirror, my eyes opened wide.What had I done? And what had possessed me to do it? I looked. Turns out it was a birthday party for a girl who lived down the road from him. Jeff had told her we were coming to visit, and she insisted we come to the party and the hayride. We were happy to oblige. I was impressed when we first met Michelle, Jeff’s neighbor. She was quite the looker. “Don’t bother” Jeff said as she moved away to greet other arriving guests. “I’ve been trying to get in those pants since I got here, but she’s totally locked up on some older guy at the local college.” Jeff had.