Dr. Jonathan by Winston Churchill
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page 80 of 137 (58%)
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WOMAN. My baby is seek--I think maybe you come and see him. Mrs. Ladislaw she tell me you cure her little boy, and that maybe you come, if I ask you. DR. JONATHAN. Yes, I'll come. What is your name? WOMAN. Sasenoshky. DR. JONATHAN. Your husband is in the shops? WOMAN. He was, doctor. Now he is in the American army. DR. JONATHAN. Sasenoshky--in the American army. WOMAN (proudly). Yes, he is good American now,--he fight to make them free in the old country, too. DR. JONATHAN. Well, we'll have a look at the baby. He may be in the White House some day--President Sasenoshky! I'll be back, Asher. (The noon whistle blows.) ASHER. That's the signal! I'll get along, too. DR. JONATHAN. Where are you going? ASHER. I guess it doesn't make much difference where I go. (He walks out, followed by DR. JONATHAN and the WOMAN. The room is |
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