' 'But what's it for, anyway?' Candy asked her father. Goodhall's mind, was still marveling over the confusing image of a nonpractising homosexual; it struck him as a brilliant accusation to make of anyone [596] who was slightly (or hugely) different. Never mind: the boys were terrified of Melony, and their fears made them pay more attention to her than they had ever paid to Homer Wells. She was so frightened, and in such intense pain, that she had difficulty catching her breath, and more trouble telling the nurse-receptionist her name.
Nurse Edna loved him so much that she couldn't judge him. 'No problem,' Nurse Caroline said. She was making him nervous. 'And God help him if he left her,' the foreman said— over and over again.
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