"Now don't be such a Silly Billy," she chided him like one of her young patients in the children's ward. "Why would I do that when I'm already here? Besides I have already resigned from the Preston Hospital to come 'ere to be with my family"

That was a really bad time to sip his tea. He inhaled, burned his throat, coughed and slammed his chest with his fist, gasping for air. "You what?" he gasped.