"Philip Jose Farmer - WOT 7 - Red Orc' s Rage" - читать интересную книгу автора (Farmer Phillip Jose)

remarkable in that his speech had very few of the pauses or
hesitations halting most people's talk. No uh, ah, well, you
know.

"It's not easy; no therapy is easy. Blood, sweat, and
tears, and all that. And, like all therapy, the success
depends basically upon you. We don't cure the patient. He
or she cures himself with our guidance. Which means that
you have to want to be able to handle your problems,
genuinely desire to do so."

The doctor was silent for a moment. Jim looked around
the office. It seemed quite luxurious to him with its thick
(Persian?) carpet, overstuffed leather chairs and couch, big
desk of some kind of glossy hardwood, the classy-looking
wallpaper, the many diplomas and testimonials on the wall,
the wall niches with busts of famous people in them, and the
paintings which seemed abstract or surrealistic or whatever



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to Jim, who knew little about art.

"You understand everything I've said?" Porsena asked.
"If there's anything you don't comprehend perfectly, say so.
Patient or doctor, we're all here to leam. There's no shame
in exposing one's ignorance. I expose my own quite often.
I don't know everything. Nobody does."

"Sure, I understand. So far. At least you're not talking




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down to me, just using monosyllables, none of that psycho-
logical gobbledygook. I appreciate that."

Doctor Porsena's hands were flat on top of Jim's opened
case file. They were slim and delicate and had long thin
fingers. Jim had heard that he was an excellent pianist who
usually played classical music, though he sometimes played
jazz, dixie, and ragtime. He would even knock out some
rock now and then.

He only had two hands but could have used four. He was