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"I hear you were kind of hard on Rita Cardenal," I said

He flushed slightly "Do you know her? She’s expecting twins She needs to take better care of herself"

"I know She was one of ood kid"

"I’m sure she is," he said "But she is rather hard to talk to I wrote down a prescribed diet for her, which she wadded up and threw in the wastepaper basket before she left my office She said she would eat what she pleased, since her life was already a totally creeped scenario That is a quote"

I s out I hadn’t really expected that"

"They do"

"My students talk like a cross between Huck Finn and a television set"

He see the issue I took a deep breath "I think I’ve let things go too long I should have talked to you a long ti too well, and I feel like I should be taking care of you, but I don’t kno We’re the blind leading the blind here All I know is it’s up toan acridine derivative Tacrine It keeps the decline of mental functions in check"

"Tacrine slows the decline of mental functions, if you’re lucky And it’s experi in the medical library after you told me about this"

"No, you are not stupid And I am fine"

"You always say you’re fine"

"Because I always aet things squared away What are you going to do when you can’t keep up your practice any fair?"