It was five minutes to six and I was packing up to go home to dinner when a good client rang to say that a friend of hers was at her home and in excruciating pain and could I help. I suggested that maybe the hospital might be the best place for her friend, but she said her friend wanted to see me, not a hospital. I relented saying that my dinner could wait a while, and I would see her if she could be at the clinic in ten minutes ( I knew she lived close by) .