Patience and reason hadn't managed to get anything accomplished in the situation, which meant it was time to move on to the next step. "All right, enough is enough," the nurse replied sternly, as she gestured to the orderlies surrounding the table. "It's time to get down now, Miss Bloom."

The orderlies moved in then, faster than it would have seemed possible for men of their bulk: one stepped up onto the table as the other three grabbed for whatever they could reach of the girl. Giving a cat a bath merely involved allowing it no other options, and if necessary that was what they would do here.