9_Charity by Len Deighton

Author:Len Deighton
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Unknown
ISBN: 9780061096020
Publisher: HarperTorch
Published: 1996-09-01T23:00:00+00:00

'Oh, this?' she said, fingering it on the lapel of her coat. 'Mr

Prettyman gave it to me. I wanted to wear it, to show him I appreciated it.' Maybe she saw a question in my face, for she quickly added: 'It was a little present from Mr and Mrs Prettyman. His wife was on the phone. She asked him to give it to me. They are determined to believe I saved his life.'

'And you didn't?'

'I stopped the night-duty man cutting his appendix out, that night when he was admitted. It was a crazy diagnosis but I guess he would have lived.' She paused. 'But that night doctor was very crocked. And he was going to try doing it himself. The things I saw in that hospital, you would never believe. When I think about it, maybe I did save his life.'

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