Ellen rushed over to their apartment as soon as the head nurse told her to go she could go and spend an hour indulging herself in the bathtub and washing her hair. Just as she came out of the bathroom and went along the corridor covered herself in a bathrobe, Norah rushed in, her face looked flushed and she looked at Ellen with an apology.
"oh, Lord! Norah exclaimed. " I am never going to make it. I thought the head nurse was never going to let me go and she knows it's a dance tonight. I swear she was being awkward on purpose. I just came back from my night shift at the airport last week but she won't spare me." She was already unfastening her belt, flinging it on the bed as she let herself into her room.
Ellen followed, standing in the doorway. " Well, you should thank me I have finis
