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The thing came upon him in a flash.
He did not take his usual round that morning. Instead he turned aside by
the second stile and came round to the Caddles' cottage. "Where's that
baby?" he demanded, and at the sight of it, "Goodness me!"
He went up the village blessing his heart, and met the doctor full tilt
coming down. He grasped his arm. "What does this mean?" he said. "Have
you seen the paper these last few days?"
The doctor said he had.
"
Well, what's the matter with that child? What's the matter with
everything--wasps, puff-balls, babies, eh? What's making them grow so
big? This is most unexpected. In Kent too! If it was America now--"
"It's a little difficult to say just what it is," said the doctor. "So
far as I can grasp the symptoms--"
"
"
"
Yes?"
It's Hypertrophy--General Hypertrophy."
Hypertrophy?"
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