The Surgeon
“While two student nurses in their striped uniforms got on, and while the door was still open, he could hear a small child crying and, over it, the nasal, feminine voice on the page system.
"Dr. Rand. Dr. Maurice Rand. Dr. Levitt. Dr. Julius. . ." When it stopped at the O.R. floor he got out, Darrow following him. Sarah Wheeler was standing halfway down the hall, talking with two maids. Her mask was hanging from her neck, and she was cleaning her glasses with it, and then she turned and walk...ed toward him, putting her glasses on.
"Hello, Bahamas," he said.
"Hello, Bahamas yourself," she said.
"Don't charm me any more," he said. "Just tell me when I can get in there." "In ten or fifteen minutes," she said. "Soon as we finish cleaning up." "Then Stan is finished?" "I'll say," she said.
"Oh?" he said. "What's the matter?" "He lost his patient." "Damn," he said, feeling it suddenly, never having even seen the patient and knowing nothing about him except that he was a human being, but knowing Stan.MoreLess
"Dr. Rand. Dr. Maurice Rand. Dr. Levitt. Dr. Julius. . ." When it stopped at the O.R. floor he got out, Darrow following him. Sarah Wheeler was standing halfway down the hall, talking with two maids. Her mask was hanging from her neck, and she was cleaning her glasses with it, and then she turned and walk...ed toward him, putting her glasses on.
"Hello, Bahamas," he said.
"Hello, Bahamas yourself," she said.
"Don't charm me any more," he said. "Just tell me when I can get in there." "In ten or fifteen minutes," she said. "Soon as we finish cleaning up." "Then Stan is finished?" "I'll say," she said.
"Oh?" he said. "What's the matter?" "He lost his patient." "Damn," he said, feeling it suddenly, never having even seen the patient and knowing nothing about him except that he was a human being, but knowing Stan.MoreLess
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