'As the saying goes....'

Another day grows old and I am another day nearer to heading 'Up Over.'"What will we do without you?" Moaned Will as we were seeing Dulcie into bed.She was lying under her covers on her side like Cleopatra, having just had her feet lathered with milky balm."Well, you know what they say, Bill?"......we awaited her words of wisdom....."There is nobody that cannot be replaced."Will laughed uncontrollably ....I didn't find it quite as amusing as he did....strangely!"I thought you were going to say 'Absence makes the heart grow fonder,'" he said, when he could speak again."Well," I said, sat atop her walker, a bit like a high horse....."you can replace me, but come the 19th of July....THEY GO!""No, Nick," said Dulcie, " We won't find another 'Nick'."It was a bit too late to take it back.