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ng friend will still be around for the Coffey execution。 That's probably true … Coffey will go well before Thanksgiving； I imagine … but you can put him back in the switch room。 No one will object。 Including him； I should think。〃
〃I'll do that；〃 I said。 〃Hal； how's Melinda？〃
There was a long pause so long I might have thought I'd lost him； except for the sound of his breathing。 When he spoke this time； it was in a much lower tone of voice。 〃She's sinking；〃 he said。
Sinking。 That chilly word the old…timers used not to describe a person who was dying； exactly； but one who had begun to uncouple from living。
〃The headaches seem a little better 。。。 for now； anyway 。。。 but she can't walk without help； she can't pick things up； she loses control of her water while she sleeps 。 。 。〃 There was another pause； and then； in an even lower voice； Hal said something that sounded like 〃She wears。〃
〃Wears what； Hal？〃 I asked； frowning。 My wife had e into the parlor doorway。 She stood there wiping her hands on a dishtowel and looking at me。
〃No；〃 he said in a voice that seemed to waver between anger and tears。 〃She swears。〃
〃Oh。〃 I still didn't know what he meant； but had no intention of pursuing it。 I didn't have to； he did it for me。
〃She'll be all right； perfectly normal； talking about her flower…garden or a dress she saw in the catalogue； or maybe about how she heard Roosevelt on the radio and how wonderful he sounds； and then； all at once； she'll start to say the most awful things； the most awful 。。。 words。 She doesn't raise her voice。 It would almost be better if she did； I think； because then 。。。 you see； then 。 。 。〃
〃She wouldn't sound so much like herself。〃
〃That's it；〃 he said gratefully。 〃But to hear her say
