the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Yes, it's an emergency!Dr. Hill. Dr. Bassett. Where's the patient? I hated to drag you out of bed. Will you let me go while there's still time? You'll soon see why I did. Will you tell these fools I'm not crazy? Make them listen to me before it's too late! I'll listen to you. Let him go. Who are you? I'm Dr. Hill from the state mental hospital. I'm not insane! Let him go! Doctor, now you must listen to me. You must understand me. I am a doctor, too. I am not insane. All right. Suppose we sit down, and you tell me what happened? Well, it started... for me, it started last Thursday... in response to an urgent message from my nurse. I'd hurried home from a medical convention. At first glance, everything looked the same. It wasn't. Something evil had taken possession of the town. These two. Here you are. Thank you, sir. There you are. Thank you. Morning, Mr. Fisher. Doc! Hiya, Sally. Hi. Welcome home. I'm glad you're back. How's Mickey and the baby? Fine, but everybody else in Santa Mira needs a doctor. You've got an office full of patients. Oh, no. On my first day back? Some of them have been waiting for two weeks. Why didn't you send them to Pursey or Carmichael? Most of 'em wouldn't go. They want to see you. Oh? What's the matter with them? They wouldn't say. Usually people can't talk enough about what's ailing them. For instance, Wally Eberhard was in twice... and called three times, but he wouldn't say about what. That's funny. Nobody would talk... from Becky Driscoll... down to that fat traffic cop Sam Janzek. Becky Driscoll? I thought she was in England. She got back a few days ago, and she wanted to see you. Are you still interested? My interest in married women is strictly professional... or yours would have been a lost cause long ago. - How was the convention? - Wonderful. They wept with envy when I read my paper. MRS. GRIMALDl: Come back here! Jimmy! What's the matter, Mrs. Grimaldi? It's nothing. He just don't want to go to school. If I were you, I'd have a talk with his teacher. MRS. GRIMALDl: I will when I get time. What's the matter? Has Joe been sick? MRS. GRIMALDl: No. We gave the stand up. - Too much work. - Oh. The boy's panic should have told me... it was more than school he was afraid of... and that littered, closed-up vegetable stand... should have told me something, too. When I last saw it, less than a month ago... it was the cleanest and busiest stand on the road. That's strange. She was in to see you, too... last Friday. I tried to get her to see Doc Pursey, but she wouldn't. She said only you could help her. Whatever it was... it couldn't have been too serious, I guess. One minor concussion, two cases of the common cold... and six canceled appointments. Looks like you rushed me here for nothing. I don't understand it. They couldn't wait to see you. But you're still booked up solid for the afternoon. I bet they don't show. Look, there's Wally Eberhard... talking somebody into buying some insurance. There's nothing wrong with him. Bill Bitner's taking his secretary to lunch. And speaking of lunch... will you tell whoever that is that I'm out having mine? Is Dr. Bennell in? Yes, he's here. Do you suppose he has time to see me? If he hasn't, something's wrong with him. Go right in. Becky. Almost five years. It's wonderful to be home again. I've been away so long... I feel almost like a stranger in my own country. Hope you don't mind my coming without an appointment. Not at all. What'll you have? We're pushing appendectomies this week. Oh, Miles. I don't know, maybe I clown around too much. Pretty soon, my patients... won't trust me to prescribe aspirin for them. Seriously, what's the trouble? It's my cousin. Wilma? What's the matter with her? She has a... I guess you'd call it a delusion. You ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Кидалы на английском - текст Звёздный путь: Поколения на английском - текст Запасной путь на английском - текст Злодей на английском - текст Иван-Дурак на английском |