DOCTOR SALLY

Lottie, a fashionable young lady, had always been ill-tempered, but that morning when she came into the sitting-room and found there a charming young woman, she made herself particularly unpleasant to the visitor, and giving her a nasty look started with:

"And who may this be?"

"I'm a doctor," said Sally.

"You? A doctor?"

"Can you read?" asked Sally with annoyance.

"Of course I can read."

"Then read this," said Sally and handed her card to Lottie.

"Doctor Sally Smith," Lott'ie read. "Well, I suppose it's all right. Still it looks strange to me. And let me tell you..."

"Quiet, please," said Sally. "I want to make an examination," and she became busy with her stethoscope. "Take off your dressing gown."

"Eh? Oh, all right."

"Take a deep breath... The lungs appear to be good," said Sally. "Well, the heart seems all right, too. Now for the reflexes. Cross your legs... Nothing the matter with them. All right, that's all."

"Examination over?"

"Yes."

Lottie became interested. "What's wrong with me?"

"Nothing much. You need a rest."

"Aren't you going to look at my tongue?"

"I can tell, without looking at it, that that needs a rest too. What you want is a few weeks in a nice, quiet sanatorium."

"You're going to send me to a sanatorium?"

"Well, I'm advising that you should go. You need a place where there are cold baths and plain food, and no cocktails and cigarettes."

(after "Doctor Sally" by P.O. Wodehouse)

Ex. 36. Answer the following questions using the active vocabulary. Sum up your answers.