An insurance service
informed me that two sick children awaited in Orange. It’s a rule that if one child is
sick, there’s a small chance it’s serious; for two children, never. They almost
always have a simple virus.
The major difficulty was
the distance, nearly fifty miles, and the fact that my wife was preparing
dinner. To my delight she offered to delay it and accompany me on the visit,
something she rarely does. We had a pleasant hour’s drive to Orange where I cared for two children with a
simple virus, and we ate dinner at the hotel.