And not a bad I idea, either, " he said. "See if you can't sleep yourself out of it. I'll see you Thursday. God's sake, try and cheer up by then, will you? "
"Yeah, " she said. "I will. "
In her bedroom she undressed with a tense speed wholly unlike her usually slow uncertainty. She put on her nightgown, took off her dry. varicolored hair. Then she took the two little vials from the drawer and carried them into the bathroom. The splintering misery had gone from her, and she felt the quick excitement of one who is about to receive an anticipated gift.
She uncooked the vials, filled a glass with water, and stood before the mirror, a tablet between her fingers. Suddenly she bowed graciously to her reflection and raised the glass to it.
"Well, her's mud in your eye," she said