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Chapter 4

           Thepatientwasinbed,helookedatherasthedooropened.Herfirstimpressionwasthatherewasapatienttoofargonetocare.Hislackofexpressionseemedtoshowthecompleteapathyofthedesperatelyill.Thenshesawthathiseyeswerealivewithinterest;shewonderedifhisfacewereparalysed?No,shedecided;thetypicalsagswerelacking.

           Sheassumedherprofessionalmanner."Well,howarewetoday?Feelingbetter?"

           Smithtranslatedandexaminedthequestions.Theinclusionofherselfinthefirstquerywasconfusing,buthedecidedthatitmightsymbolizeawishtocherishandgrowclose.ThesecondpartmatchedNelson’sspeechforms."Yes,"heanswered.

           "Good!"Asidefromhisoddlackofexpressionshesawnothingstrangeabouthim-andifwomenwereunknowntohim,hewascertainlymanagingtoconcealit."IsthereanythingIcandoforyou?"Sheglancedaround,notedthattherewasnoglassonthebedsideshelf."MayIgetyouwater?"

           Smithhadspottedatoncethatthiscreaturewasdifferentfromtheotherswhohadcometoseehim.AlmostasquicklyhecomparedwhathewasseeingwithpicturesNelsonhadshownhimonthetripfromhometothisplace-picturesintendedtoexplainaparticularlydifficultandpuzzlingconfigurationofthispeoplegroup.This,then,wasa"woman."

           Hefeltbothoddlyexcitedanddisappointed.Hesuppressedbothinorderthathemightgrokdeeply,withsuchsuccessthatDr.Thaddeusnoticednochangeinthedialreadingsinthenextroom.

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