In Over Her Head by Elsie Russell - Parnasse.com

states... The light spirit. When it emerges, one may see a white light.
Bells, cymbals, through the ears. Not strong enough to break through
the Celestial pass." A little farther down, "Facing a Wall. All things
finished, you sit in your little niche. The light body rides on violet
energy. Yin and yang are one." Whoa! What was the catalyst? She
closed the book, shut her eyes. Opened them and saw him coming out
of the room, taking Ula's bag in for her.
They took a cab to the Crillon, where he'd successfully made
reservations. Head back on the greasy vinyl, he began snoring. She
ached and was famished. The floodlit monuments flashed by until they
swerved around the Ferris wheel and one of those Egyptian obelisks
that seemed a favorite souvenir for European despots. Newly reopened
after extensive renovation, the hotel could just as easily been in
Las Vegas. Two doormen in fancy costumes ushered them along a
shiny black and white marble floor past the gift shop and a glitzy wall
of diamond bling. From the elevator they went down a long rose and
cream striped corridor to the door of their suite, the best one, fit for
kings.
"Maybe a bath?"
"Yes, the germs."
"Bubbles?"
"Many bubbles, yes."
Next day it was back at the hospital, back on those nasty seats
with Ula drifting in and out of consciousness, asking for Sandro.
Around lunchtime, Dick visited, hurrying past Penny to Ula's room
where Sandro was certainly holding her hand. When both men emerged
from the room, Dick quickly disappeared to a bathroom, and Sandro
turned to Penny. "Why don't you go in now. I return soon."
Ula was all wrapped up in blankets and sheets like a mummy,
the oxygen hose discreetly in her nostrils.
"Are you reading the book?"
"Yeah. I see why you got it for me."
Ula coughed and shut her eyes. Penny let her rest and sat in the
chair, which was more comfortable than the ones out in the waiting
room, and read her book.
Sandro returned alone around three, and it was already getting
dark. Dick had taken him out to lunch and he was pretty drunk. He
washed his face in Ula's sink and drank a couple glasses of water from
her carafe, gulping down water that Penny suspected was from the
faucet.
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