always so cold, so tonight the dark blue Viyella shirt, coat, astrakhan, beret, muffler, gloves, mittens, at least two sweaters, and the kit with a small carpet, music, towels and deep basin for warming arms and fingers, paraffin also; two sealed litres of Ontario mineral water, nine vials of pills (head, blood, liver, lung, and muscle; Nembutol, Luminal, Bevutal, Lotus), arrowroot, the chair my father built, which sings.