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Show -387- feel better soon. He knew he xrould? He always had, even with pneumonia? "But then you always had a doctor - and medication." "I know?" he replied. "And when i t ' s time, I ' l l go." "Maybe they have a medicine that will make you feel better, u Maybe tranquilizers - " "I c a n ' t take t r a n q u i l l i z e r s , you know t h a t ." "You c a n ' t take tranquillizers because they interfere with your writing. But you're not doing any writing now?" Why were they becoming so impatient xrith him? Why was he so impatient with them? He thought i t was because they had begun to t r e a t him as an invalid; or as a child. He wondered suggesting i f his wife had put his daughter up t o / t h i s business of v i s i t ing a pyschiatrist? But she d i d n ' t mention the psychiatrist again? Instead? she suggested that I t might be a good idea if he attended the Union meeting t h i s weekend? "You might get your old anger back," she said, 'at the Governor, the Board of Trustees? the President." He said he would think about i t ? He said i t because he had to get away? to xalk. He walked out the door? then up the ramp? then up the h i l l to where i t turned and began I t s descent back down again? He was too t i r e d to go farther? On the way back, he paused to look a t the pool, which from the edge of the road appeared cool and a t t r a c t i v e , not ugly as i t had a day or two e a r l i e r ? He wished i t were summer and he could go |
