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to complicated problems—unless it means that a general
practitioner can perform a better operation than a special-
ist.’
He was seized by an overwhelming disgust for the situa-
tion. To explain, to patch—these were not natural functions
at their age— better to continue with the cracked echo of an
old truth in the ears.
‘This is no go,’ he said suddenly.
‘Well, that’s occurred to me,’ Franz admitted. ‘Your heart
isn’t in this project any more, Dick.’
‘I know. I want to leave—we could strike some arrange-
ment about taking Nicole’s money out gradually.’
‘I have thought about that too, Dick—I have seen this
coming. I am able to arrange other backing, and it will be
possible to take all your money out by the end of the year.’
Dick had not intended to come to a decision so quickly,
nor was he prepared for Franz’s so ready acquiescence in
the break, yet he was relieved. Not without desperation he
had long felt the ethics of his profession dissolving into a
lifeless mass.

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