My Companion

Let me introduce you to my personal night nurse who has been with me for the past week. She arrives at about 10:30 each night in her pretty green uniform and settles me into bed with my book before leaving in the knowledge that I am going to get a good night's sleep without a single bout of coughing. She is cheap at the price-£5:89 for a week's services.

Her predecessor looked after both His Lordship and me, but he didn't get any benefit from her administrations and had to incur the services of Auntie Biotic a stern woman who demands to be seen several times a day.

I will be sorry when Nursie leaves at the end of this week. She is sensible in her approach and does not want to have me make her indispensable.