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(A)
A nurse took a tired, anxious soldier to the bedside.
“Jack, your son is here,” the nurse said to an old man
lying on the bed. She had to repeat the words several
times before the old man’s eyes opened. Suffering
from the severe pain because of heart disease, he
barely saw the young uniformed soldier standing next
to him. (a) He reached out his hand to the soldier.
(B)
Whenever the nurse came into the room, she heard
the soldier say a few gentle words. The old man said
nothing, only held tightly to (b) him all through the
night. Just before dawn, the old man died. The soldier
released the old man’s hand and left the room to find
the nurse. After she was told what happened, she went
back to the room with him. The soldier hesitated for a
while and asked, “Who was this man?”
