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" 'What tests?' I asked But I already knew They'd do brain scans on ra for lesions on the te physical to account for what I claimed to see and hear I wasn't surprised, even with all the verification that Rebecca Stanford had been real and had been murdered, I wasn't surprised

"If anything, I was surprised that it hadn't coet this over with and I won't have to think about it anymore

" 'All right, I'll check into Mayfair Medical,' I said 'But I won't find myself on the psychiatric ward, will I?¡¯

" 'My boy, I despise the idea of nuthouses as much as you do,' she replied 'But I think I'd be remiss if I didn't request certain purely medical tests to be done As for Mayfair Medical, it's a marvel, with the finest doctors and equipment in the South ¡¯

" 'I know, Aunt Queen You have to re to work in research there Who in the environs of New Orleans doesn't know all about Mayfair Medical? I've been there, beloved aunt, I walked those granite-tiled hallith Lynelle It was her dream come true, remember?¡¯

"The fear caht of Lynelle in her breakneck high heels clicking on besideout all the special features of this revolutionary clinic and hospital

"I remembered the smallest, most special detail -- that every ward in Mayfair Medical had broad co its walls, benches for the co with the patients Every room was a private room Every room had easy chairs for visitors

" 'Oh, it's too sad to think of poor Lynelle,' Aunt Queen said, as if she were readingeyes 'Lynelle, Sweetheart, Pops, it's too sad, too dreadful But we cannot take our minds off the details of life, Quinn The details will save us We'll have these tests done and we'll discover if there's anything to be worried about ¡¯

" 'Worried about? You have a letter froer! You know I didn't write it or cook it up myself I told you he was in my room, and he has been on the island since I warned hiry And now this inscription What can it mean? And the cameos Why is it all connected?¡¯

"She listened intently and affectionately

"I told her the vision I had had of Rebecca hanging froht her rib I told her how I had been unconscious on the floor afterwards

" 'Jasmine said you fell down as if you'd been struck on the head Your eyes never closed And then you revived, just like that ¡¯

" 'Did I have a seizure out there?' I asked 'Is that what Jasmine really saw?¡¯

" 'She didn't see it,' said Aunt Queen 'But we can talk about all this tomorrow afternoon on our way to Mayfair Medical As for the uards everywhere The Shed Men are in their glory But regarding to¡¯

" 'Patsy's been found and the will's going to be read,' I guessed