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''All right,' he grinned at her. ''Oh really? Is that a good idea? When she's so ill?''Tom, it's precisely because she's so ill that I'm going. How she would feel, what she would do, howshe would be able to bear it?In the event, and at first at any rate, she felt almostnothing. He was patient, tender with her,waiting for her, and then suddenly, before she had thoughtshe was ready, it was the

'Andwhat would you have done?''Oh, for God's sake. Louise soundedcalmer, I'm sorry, Octavia, I just couldn't bear anythingelse awful happening to the people I care about. She's a very light sleeper, it's unlike her . Thank you.