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Chapter 8

           Butapersonwhohasoptedouthasonlyhisabilitytoexpresshisdisengagementbetweenhisexistenceandnothingness.Notcogito,butscribo,pingo,ergosum.FordaysafterIfeltmyselffilledwithnothingness;withsomethingmorethantheoldphysicalandsociallonelinessametaphysicalsenseofbeingmarooned.Itwassomethingalmosttangible,likecancerortuberculosis.

           Thenonedaynotaweeklateritwastangible.IwokeuponemorningandfoundIhadtwosmallsores.Ihadbeenhalfexpectingthem.InlateFebruaryIhadgonetoAthens,andpaidanothervisittothehouseinKephisia.IknewIhadtakenarisk.Atthetimeithadn’tseemedtomatter.

           ForadayIwastooshockedtoact.Thereweretwodoctorsinthevillage:oneactive,whohadtheschoolinhispractice,andone,ataciturnoldRumanian,whothoughsemi-retiredstilltookafewpatients.Theschooldoctorwasinandoutofthecommonroomcontinually.Icouldn’tgotohim.SoIwenttoseeDr.Patarescu.

           Helookedatthesores,andthenatme,andshrugged.

           "Félicitations,"hesaid.

           "C’est…"

           "OnvavoirçaaAthènes.Jevousdonneraiuneadresse.C’estbienaAthênesquevousl’avezattrape’,oui?"Inodded."Lespoulesià-bas.Infectes.Seulementlesfousquis’ylaissentprendre."

           Hehadanoldyellowfaceandpince-nez;amalicioussmile.Myquestionsamusedhim.ThechanceswereIcouldbecured;IwasnotcontagiousbutImusthavenosex;hecouldhavetreatedmeifhehadtherightdrug,benzathinepenicillin,buthecouldnotgetit.

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