As I entered I earned a short wave from Helene who was indeed working. I sat at the simple plastic table in the corner that the kitchen staff ate at a... time allowed.Once we were out of the earshot of customers, Herman said, “You must forgive him. As my grandfather said, there are men who spend so much time with their noses in the air they can not smell when they step in turds.”“If that’s the best you can do for a front of the house, maybe you should take the job.”Herman reeled back in mock. It just seemed everyone needed to hear it first-hand. Then, I had trouble finding the hospital. I'm not familiar with this part of town, especially after dark." The E.R. physician looked at her and he doesn't think there's anything seriously wrong -- nothing to keep her here overnight. There's a neurologist on call and he'll be here in fifteen or twenty minutes."Nathan looked at Katie. "Hi -- how are you doing?" Okay..." She perked up when she saw you," Iris said.A slim, middle-aged man entered. It was nice to see the cut hay come off the end of the rake, like a green waterfall, cascading into a long even wave. And it was satisfying to look back and see row after row of mounded hay stretched out across the flat field. At first, Terry had paid close attention to the tractor and rake, worried that something might break, and listening for the telltale rattle of things amiss. But the steady thump-thump of the old two-cylinder Deere soon became just background noise for his reveries. . I stopped, and he pushed his bike to the car, looking it over closely."One day I'm going to get me a mustang," he said. "This is a nice car." He continued looking at the car and then in my direction. "We're moving, but sister sent me to give you a message. I'm supposed to say it just right or she is going to brain me." He smiled and looked into space, apparently recalling the words."Thank you for being nice," he said, pushing the bike to get it moving. I put the car in gear and he shouted at.