10 THE DEVELOPMENT CIRCLE
When William awoke the next morning, his back hurt although it had not prevented him from getting a good night’s sleep. He lay in bed hoping that it would have been worse if he hadn’t had his own-style herbal bath, but he had no way of knowing. After a visit to the bathroom, he hobbled back to his bedroom and attempted to do his yoga exercises, but he had to skip most of them. He wondered whether a hair of the dog, in the form of more gardening might help. He decided to give it a try after breakfast, so he got dressed and went downstairs.
He reached into a kitchen cupboard for his backache pills. He hadn’t had to take any since he had been in hospital, but he needed them again now. He took two, the maximum dose in four hours, with a glass of water, and put the k
