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with a doctor. "My religious beliefs," he said, "I don't approve of
suicide."
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You've been doing it all your life."
Well, anyhow, I've come to take a serious view of life now."
You're bound to, if you go on living. You'll hurt. But for practical
purposes it's late. However, if you mean to do that--perhaps I'd better
mix you a little something. You'll hurt a great deal. These little
twinges ..."
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Twinges!"
Mere preliminary notices."
How long can I go on? I mean, before I hurt--really."
You'll get it hot soon. Perhaps three days."
Bindon tried to argue for an extension of time, and in the midst of his
pleading gasped, put his hand to his side. Suddenly the extraordinary
pathos of his life came to him clear and vivid. "It's hard," he said.
"It's infernally hard! I've been no man's enemy but my own. I've always
treated everybody quite fairly."
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