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Nurse and Patient

           Ithinkhemusthavebegunhisjourneywithsomesmallbundleunderhisarmandmusthavehaditstolenorlostit.Forhestillcarriedhiswretchedfragmentoffurcaplikeabundle,thoughhewentbare-headedthroughtherain,whichnowfellfast.HestoppedwhenwecalledtohimandagainshowedadreadofmewhenIcameup,standingwithhislustrouseyesfixeduponme,andevenarrestedinhisshiveringfit.Iaskedhimtocomewithus,andwewouldtakecarethathehadsomeshelterforthenight."Idon’twantnoshelter,"hesaid;"Icanlayamongstthewarmbricks.""Butdon’tyouknowthatpeoplediethere?"repliedCharley."Theydieseverywheres,"saidtheboy."Theydiesintheirlodgingssheknowswhere;IshowedherandtheydiesdowninTom-all-Alone’sinheaps.Theydiesmorethantheylives,accordingtowhatIsee."ThenhehoarselywhisperedCharley,"Ifsheain’tthet’otherone,sheain’ttheforrenner.IsthereTHREEof’emthen?"Charleylookedatmealittlefrightened.Ifelthalffrightenedatmyselfwhentheboyglaredonmeso.ButheturnedandfollowedwhenIbeckonedtohim,andfindingthatheacknowledgedthatinfluenceinme,Iledthewaystraighthome.Itwasnotfar,onlyatthesummitofthehill.Wepassedbutoneman.Idoubtedifweshouldhavegothomewithoutassistance,theboy’sstepsweresouncertainandtremulous.Hemadenocomplaint,however,andwasstrangelyunconcernedabouthimself,ifImaysaysostrangeathing.

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