Shining Water 01 - the Icecutter's Daughter
“Hickum finished listening to the man’s chest and straightened. “Carl, it’s been only a few days since your last attack. Your heart is still weak. It’s always going to be weak.” The doctor took a moment to glance at Rurik, then continued. “You need to forget about going back to work. It’s time for you to let other folks take care of the business and take care of you.”
“I’m not much good if I can’t do for myself,” Carl murmured.
“Uncle Carl, you know that isn’t true,” Rurik declared. Stan...ding at the foot of his uncle’s bed, he met the doctor’s grave expression. “I will see to it that he continues to rest.”
“It’s really the best thing for him. The medicines I have are limited in what they can do. If he takes it easy”—the doctor paused and looked at Carl—“he could live for some time to come.”
Carl shook his head. “But I would be a burden.”
“Nonsense,”MoreLess
“I’m not much good if I can’t do for myself,” Carl murmured.
“Uncle Carl, you know that isn’t true,” Rurik declared. Stan...ding at the foot of his uncle’s bed, he met the doctor’s grave expression. “I will see to it that he continues to rest.”
“It’s really the best thing for him. The medicines I have are limited in what they can do. If he takes it easy”—the doctor paused and looked at Carl—“he could live for some time to come.”
Carl shook his head. “But I would be a burden.”
“Nonsense,”MoreLess
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