and before we get too soppy, here

this is the face of Miss McMurphy that I, Heather, remember:

There was a great advantage in having Departmentals, made in Victoria and checked there by strangers.

Yet, unbelievably, I have heard a story from a friend here in Whitehorse who said she could be very funny. I suspect that when she drew a line through John C's paper and wrote "PRAY", she was chuckling. Maybe, just maybe, she thought we - all of us - were funny??? What a thought!