"H. L. Gold - Man With English" - читать интересную книгу автора (Gold H. L)

ways takes everybody's side against me," he explained in a
roar.
"I'll be honest with you, Mr. Lubin," the doctor said,
after Stone had finished on a note of shrill frustration. "I've
hunted for cases like this in medical history and this is the
first one ever to be reported. Except," he amended quickly,
"that I haven't reported it yet. I'm hoping it reverses it-
self. That sometimes happens, you know."
"And what am I supposed to do in the meantime?"
raged Stone. "I'll have to go out wearing an overcoat in
the summer and shorts in the winterpeople will think I'm
a maniac. And they'll be sure of it because I'll have to keep
the store closed during the day and open at night1 can't
see except in the dark. And matching materials! I can't
stand the feel of smooth cloth and I see colors backward!"
He glared at the doctor before turning back to Lubin. "How
would you like to have to put sugar on your food and salt
in your coffee?"
"But we'll work it out, Edgar dear," his wife soothed. "Ar-
nold and I can take care of the store. You always wanted
him to come into the business, so that ought to please you"
"As long as I'm there to watch him!"
"And Dr. Rankin said maybe things will straighten out."
"What about that. Doctor?" asked Lubin. "What are the
chances?"
Dr. Rankin looked uncomfortable. "I don't know. This
has never happened before. All we can do is hope."
"Hope, nothing!" Stone stormed. "I want to sue him. He
had no right to go meddling around and turn me upside
' down. Any jury would give me a quarter of a million!"
"I'm no millionaire, Mr, Stone," said the doctor.
"But the hospital has money. We'll sue him and the
trustees."
There was a pause while the attorney thought. "I'm
afraid we wouldn't have a case, Mr. Stone." He went on
more rapidly as Stone sat up, shivering, to argue loudly.
"It was an emergency operation. Any surgeon would have
had to operate. Am I right, Dr. Rankin?"
The doctor explained what would have happened if he
had not removed the pressure on the brain, resulting from
the concussion, and the danger that the bone splinter, if
not extracted, might have gone on traveling and caused
possible paralysis or death.
"That would be better than this," said Stone.
"But medical ethics couldn't allow him to let you die,"
Lubin objected. "He was doing his duty. That's point one."
"Mr. Lubin is absolutely right, Edgar," said Mrs. Stone.
"There, you see?" screamed her husband. "Everybody's
right but me! Will you get her out of here before I have
a stroke?"