Shall I start with one of the children’s books? I would get into trouble if I touched without asking first. What about that sampler on the wall? It is in strange lumpy letters, but there are a few words, in the middle, at least.
Thou, Lord, seest me
I know Thou. Yes, and Lord. Seest takes longer. Then me.
For a while I am afraid. But then I remember that God forgives, which Nurse rarely does. I shall have to find a way of working out the rest of the letters, which just seem a jumble of C’s and X’s. An I. No, I can make no sense of it. But I mustn’t bite my nails, or Nurse will paint them with something she says will make me ill.