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'It smells bad around here,' she added, meaning the hospital air—the aura of ether, the scent of old blood. 'I'll bet you was bored,' Mr. He had truly labored the point into submission, and he paused to see how his son was taking it in; Angel, w The tiny hospital felt especially cramped and overcrowded to him, and he longed for a room of his own.

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