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Chapter 81

           SometimespeoplemustwaitforthreehoursbeforeKetutgetsachancetotakecareofthem,buttheyneversomuchastaptheirfeetorrolltheireyesinexasperation.Extraordinary,too,isthewaythechildrenwait,leaningupagainsttheirbeautifulmothers,playingwiththeirownfingerstopassthetime.I’malwaysamusedlaterwhenitturnsoutthatthesesametranquilchildrenhavebeenbroughtovertoseeKetutbecausethemotherandfatherhavedecidedthatthechildis"toonaughty"andneedsacure.Thatlittlegirl?Thatlittlethree-year-oldgirlwhowassittingsilentlyinthehotsunforfourstraighthours,withoutcomplaintorsnackortoy?She’snaughty?IwishIcouldsay,"People-youwanttoseenaughty,I’lltakeyoutoAmerica,showyousomekidsthat’llhaveyoubelievinginRitalin."Butthere’sjustadifferentstandardhereforgoodbehaviorinchildren.

           Ketuttreatedallthepatientsobligingly,oneafteranother,seeminglyunconcernedbythepassageoftime,givingallexactlytheattentiontheyneededregardlessofwhowaswaitingtobeseennext.Hewassobusyhedidn’tevengethisonemealatlunchtime,butstayedgluedtohisporch,obligedbyhisrespectforGodandhisancestorstositthereforhoursonend,healingeveryone.Byevening,hiseyeslookedastiredastheeyesofaCivilWarfieldsurgeon.Hislastpatientofthedayhadbeenadeeplytroubledmiddle-agedBalinesemancomplainingthathehadnotsleptwellinweeks;hewasbeinghaunted,hesaid,byanightmareof"drowningintworiversatthesametime.

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