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at first; but then he began to find it disturbing.
“Well,” Elisabeth said gently—she happened to be there when he started thinking seriously about this odd practice he’d developed—”the doctor said that, aside from more obvious physical damage, your nervous system got quite a bad jolt from that gun charge. But you are recovering, Harold.”
So he was recovering. He decided to be satisfied with that. “How long has it been?” he asked.
“Not quite four weeks,” said Elisabeth. She smiled. “You’re really doing very well, Harold. What would you like me to show you today?”
“Let’s look at some more of the things they’re doing downstairs,” Harold said.
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