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There was adislocated hip. She peered at me. The man turned, saying, Mr. A LessonBefore Dying.

That's who you are. But even as he spoke, Lynley wondered why he did not feel that way. I can't, I said. A lighthas been left on, and there's some sort of machine next to her cot andstraps that keep her hooked onto it while she sleeps.