Obit Delayed (1980)
“He shouldn’t have been. Any man who lost the blood now soaked into Virginia’s bed should have died long ago; but as long as a man breathed he was alive even if he didn’t know about it. There was a big business about moving him to the hospital. Three patrol cars were crowded into the narrow street by the time the ambulance arrived, and a sleepy-eyed crowd of spectators was milling about on the sidewalk. And off at a distance where he could watch without being seen, a small boy with enormous eyes... beheld the furor he had unloosed.
After that came the ride to the hospital with sirens sounding; the hurried call at the El Rey, and finally Ernie Talbot, fatigue lining his flabby face, escorted a pale, frightened woman across the glaring foyer. It was the end of the three-day search for Frank Wales.
Through all the confusion and clamor Mitch slept like the dead. His aching body demanded sleep, and not all the sirens in hades could stop nature from doing her work. In the morning he was a new man and it was about time.MoreLess
After that came the ride to the hospital with sirens sounding; the hurried call at the El Rey, and finally Ernie Talbot, fatigue lining his flabby face, escorted a pale, frightened woman across the glaring foyer. It was the end of the three-day search for Frank Wales.
Through all the confusion and clamor Mitch slept like the dead. His aching body demanded sleep, and not all the sirens in hades could stop nature from doing her work. In the morning he was a new man and it was about time.MoreLess
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