С, нужно! sister coxall had been running violet ward for many years. her pride and joy was her own little office, scrupulously clean, its walls glistening with fresh white paint. she sat at her desk, her eyes unseeing. who was this new doctor, anyway? some silly youth fresh from medical school? what right had he to interfere in the running of her ward? she had met him yesterday. he had driven into the hospital grounds and almost driven over her. there were plenty of ‘go slow’ notices within sight. besides, almost everybody who worked at the hospital knew she walked through the grounds at that time of day. ‘are you all right? ’ he had said, getting out of his car. ‘i really wasn’t concentrating.’ he seemed embarrassed. ‘er, sister, i’m frightfully sorry.’ she couldn’t help smiling. ‘that’s all right, mr –’ she paused politely. ‘doctor – doctor green. i’ve just arrived, as you can see,’ he grinned. ‘i’m taking over the running of d block.’ sister coxall noticeably stiffened. ‘d block? ’ she echoed. ‘look, get into my car, and i’ll drive you to the nurses’ home.’ they sat in silence and soon were climbing the dingy staircase leading to sister coxall’s neat room. once inside, she took off her cape. ‘sit down, doctor, i’ll make some tea.’ sitting drinking the sweet tea, doctor green explained that he had always been interested in psychiatric work and when he had finished his studies, he had applied for this post in one of the country’s largest psychiatric hospitals. he had not expected to get the job, but he did, and without an interview. he told her of the great changes and new ideas he hoped he would introduce. ‘for instance,’ he said, ‘the sister on violet ward has been working there for ten years. she must have lost her identity to some extent. her patients must be more like children to her than sick people.’ he leaned forward. ‘you know, sister, she is in danger of illness herself. tomorrow, when i begin my work, i intend to move that sister to a different ward. she may not realise it at the time, but the change will do her good.’ sister coxall listened, a faint pink flush tinged her ears. the day had arrived. she looked around her office. she was going to be removed from this, her home, and placed among strangers. ‘no,’ she screamed, and her fist came heavily down upon the desk, scattering pens into sudden life. sister coxall’s mind began to work. now it raced. nobody knows he is coming here except me. he said he was going to stay at a hotel last night and was coming straight to the ward this morning, before reporting to the general office. he had no white coat or identity badge yet. a diabolical smile drew back the corners of her thin straight mouth. ‘there is only one thing to do,’ she muttered, and rose and went to the door. ‘nurse,’ she called, ‘a new patient is expected this morning, a mr green. when he arrives, bring him straight to my office.’ she looked down at the empty report paper she held in her hand. ‘it says here that he is paranoid and greatly confused; he thinks he’s a doctor. humour him, nurse. i’ll prepare a strong sedative.’ going to the cupboard, sister coxall took down a syringe and filled it with a cool orange liquid. she then took an empty file from a cabinet and began to prepare a written report on mr green. she sighed. the ward was full of men, all confused, all insisting they were doctors. no one was ever going to take her ward and office away from her. no one. match each question with one of the answers below. 1 why was sister coxall angry? 2 why did nobody know what dr green looked like? 3 why did she want him to come straight to the ward? 4 how do we know it was a lie that dr green was paranoid and confused? 5 why did she fill the syringe? 6 how do we know this was not the first time she had done this? 7 how did sister coxall know that the person who had almost driven over her was new to the hospital? 8 why did dr green intend to move the sister on violet ward to a different ward? a) because the sedative would make dr green easy to handle. b) because she was only pretending to read from a report c) because the ward was full of men all insisting they were doctors. d) because he hadn't been to the general office yet to get his identity badge. e) because she didn't want him to suspect that the nurse thought he was a patient. f) because she wanted to stay in her job. g) because almost everybody who worked at the hospital knew she walked through the grounds at that time of day. h) because she must have lost her identity to some extent and was in danger of illness herself.

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