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rectly with it. In my opinion Dick can co-operate right here,
without any one going away.’
‘How do you feel about that?’ Professor Dohmler asked
Dick.
Dick felt churlish in the face of the situation; at the same
time he realized in the silence after Dohmler’s pronounce-
ment that the state of inanimation could not be indefinitely
prolonged; suddenly he spilled everything.
‘I’m half in love with her—the question of marrying her
has passed through my mind.’
‘Tch! Tch!’ uttered Franz.
‘Wait.’ Dohmler warned him. Franz refused to wait:
‘What! And devote half your life to being doctor and nurse
and all—never! I know what these cases are. One time in
twenty it’s finished in the first push—better never see her
again!’
‘What do you think?’ Dohmler asked Dick.
‘Of course Franz is right.’

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