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           NowLouissatinhisoffice(SteveMastertonhadgonehomeanhourbefore,immediatelyfollowingthepressconferencetocatchhimselfontheeveningnews,Louissuspected)tryingtopickuptheshardsofthedayormaybehewasjusttryingtocoverwhathadhappened,topaintathincoatingofroutineoverit.HeandCharltonweregoingoverthecardsinthe"Frontfile"thosestudentswhowerepushinggrimlythroughtheircollegeyearsinspiteofsomedisability.Thereweretwenty-threediabeticsinthefrontfile,fifteenepileptics,fourteenparaplegics,andassortedothers:studentswithleukemia,studentswithcerebralpalsyandmusculardystrophy,blindstudents,twomutestudents,andonecaseofsickle-cellanemia,whichLouishadneverevenseen.

           PerhapsthelowestpointoftheafternoonhadcomejustafterSteveleft.CharltoncameinandlaidapinkmemosliponLouis’sdesk.BangorCarpetwillbehereat9:00tomorrow,itread.

           "Carpet?"hehadasked.

           "Itwillhavetobereplaced,"shesaidapologetically."Nowaythestain’sgoingtocomeout,Doctor."

           Ofcoursenot.AtthatpointLouishadgoneintothedispensaryandtakenaTuinalwhathisfirstmedschoolroommatehadcalledTooners."HopupontheToonervilleTrolley,Louis,"he’dsay,"andI’llputonsomeCredence

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