“For the people in the corridor she was an object, a novelty, a source of information. But they were the ones who owned her now. If he approached them, they would throw themselves upon him. He found a waiting room further down the corridor where he sat down and stared at a Mira poster until the figures in the artwork started to crawl, move along the edges of the frame. At that point he approached a doctor who knew nothing, could give no news but the word itself: no. No visitors allowed. He walke...d back to Mira. The longer he stared at the figures, the more evil they looked. He stared at the wall instead. Taby Municipality 00.52 When Flora got off the telephone she looked, for the second time this night, as if she had seen a ghost. She walked over to the bedroom door, listening for something from inside. 'How did it go?' Elvy asked. 'Did they believe you?' 'Yes,' Flora said. 'They did.' .1 'Are they sending an ambulance?' 'Yes, but ... ' Flora sat down next to Elvy on the couch, knocking her teaspoon against her cup, 'it may take a while.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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