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Thus several weeks swiftly passed by Several soldiers who had been

more seriously injured than Rust iained little or nothing The nurse and doctor both

inforone he

lapsed into somber indifference He did not care whether he ate or not,

or whether he got well or died

"If I do pull out, where'll I go and what'll I do?" he once asked the

nurse

Carley knew that Rust's hurt was , and she

decided to talk earnestly to him and try to win him to hope and effort

He had co her tith found opportunity to approach his bed while his coh her off, and then

tried subterfuge, and lastly he cast off his mask and let her see his

naked soul

"Carley, I don't want your money or that of your kind friends--whoever

they are--you say will help et into business," he said