Super-lice are bad news for most of us, but not for nit clinics, which are fast expanding. […] Then it is time for phase two, which involves a heat treatment, blasting hot air at my skull to dehydrate the eggs and eradicate the remaining offenders. This machine, rather like a high-tech salon hairdryer, is at times slightly scalding but not more painful than using a pair of hair straighteners. Finally, any nitty survivors are meticulously combed out, strand by strand.

She does not ask to see the dossier on this man before she goes, even though the co-worker has said that he has seen it, etc. The credibility of this conduct is another matter and is left as an exercise for the reader.

We roped down to the platform selected for the bivouac; set up our bags and brewed a reasonable meal.

There is a large barracks in this town and two other barracks are nearby.