[phone call to A. Henderson]
[It's some time before he gets the nerve to place the call. ...Not nerve exactly, that would imply a quashing of fear was required and that's hardly the issue, but it's close enough. Humility, perhaps. Or a recognition that it's not admitting any kind of weakness to just call, if only a temporary lapse. Either way, it's late when the call comes. Not outside doctor's hours, but barely so.]