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Harriet has come to see her sister鈥檚 doctor, Harry Hyman. She is
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START: HARRIET: My poor sister. And they have everything! But how can it be in the mind if she鈥檚 so paralysed?
HYMAN: Her numbness is random, it doesn鈥檛 follow the nerve paths; only part of the thighs are affected, part of the calves, it makes no physiological sense. I have a few things I鈥檇 like to ask you, all right?
HARRIET: You know, I鈥檓 glad it鈥檚 you taking care of her, my husband says the same thing.
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END: HYMAN: What.
HARRIET: You watch him sometimes when they鈥檝e got people over and she鈥檚 talking--he鈥檒l sit quietly in the corner, and the expression on that man鈥檚 face when he鈥檚 watching her--it could almost break your heart.
HYMAN: Why?
HARRIET: He adores her!
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