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She felt a hand cup around her shoulder and squeeze reassuringly "He woke up?" the doctor asked

Selena turned to him "Is he"

The doctor touched Elliot's wrist, then shook his head "Not yet See? His chest is still "

Selena's shoulders sagged with relief "Thank God"

"But it won't be long now A couple of days, maybe, before the infection kills hiht of the scar "Maybe it's a blessing Brother Elliot has been in pain all of his life"

"A blessing?" Selena repeated the words At first she was incredulous, and then, slowly, she beca?"

The doctor shrugged "Children in the world used to run fro Did he tell you that? Even here there were people who crossed the road to be away from him As if that damned scar was the mark of the devil Why, once I saw-"

"Can I take him to a worldly doctor?"

The doctor frowned "Can you take him? What do you mean?"

"I o to Heaven if I take him to a worldly doctor?"

A quick smile quirked the doctor's mouth "We call in worldly doctors all the time, but-"

Selena jerked to her feet and spun around "I shall be back in forty on Make him ready to move"

"But, Sister Agnes-"

She smiled For the first time, she felt a flash of hope

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