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His--er--his initials are S. M."
His initials? I don't care anything about his initials. I can't call
him by his initials. What do they stand for?"
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Well, you see, his father was a physician, and he--he--well he was an
idolater of his profession, and he--well, he was a very eccentric man,
and--"
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What do they stand for! What are you shuffling about?"
They--well they stand for Spinal Meningitis. His father being a phy--"
I never heard such an infamous name! Nobody can ever call a person
that--a person they love. I wouldn't call an enemy by such a name.
It sounds like an epithet." After a moment, she added with a kind of
consternation, "Why, it would be my name! Letters would come with it
on."
"Yes--Mrs. Spinal Meningitis Snodgrass."
"Don't repeat it--don't; I can't bear it. Was the father a lunatic?"
"No, that is not charged."
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