"I won't mention it." You can bet your sweet life I won't mention it, Jill added silently.  But what do I do now?  Oh, I wish Ben were in town!  She got back to her duty desk, nodded to her assistant, and pretended to look over some papers.  Finally she remembered to phone for the powered bed she had been after in the first place.  Then she sent her assistant to look at the patient who needed the bed (now temporarily resting in the ordinary type) and tried to think.