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us over to the hospital.тАЬ
тАЮDidnтАЩt you tell them when you telephoned?,тАЬ Morrie asked. тАЮNo. They were
out in the garden, so I just phoned and then leaned out to the curb to wait for
the ambulance. They may have seen it come in the drive but I didnтАЩt wait to
find out.тАЬ
тАЮIтАЩll bet you didnтАЩt.тАЬ
RossтАЩs father was waiting for them at the house. He answered their
greetings, then said, тАЮRoss-тАЮ
тАЮYes, sir?тАЬ
тАЮI heard an explosion down toward your private stamping ground. Then I saw
an ambulance drive in and drive away. What happened?тАЬ
тАЮWell, Dad, it was like this: We were making a full-power captive run on the
new rocket and-тАЮ He sketched out the events.
Mr. Jenkins nodded and said, тАЮI see. Come along, boys.тАЬ He started toward
the converted stable which housed the family car. тАЮRoss, run tell your mother
where we are going. Tell her I said not to worry.тАЬ He went on, leaning on his
cane a bit as he walked. Mr. Jenkins was a retired electrical engineer, even-
tempered and taciturn.
Art could not remember his own father; MorrieтАЩs father was still living but a
very different personality. Mr. Abrams ruled a large and noisy, children-
cluttered household by combining a loud voice with lavish affection.
When Ross returned, puffing, his father waved away his offer to drive. тАЮNo,
thank you. I want us to get there.тАЬ
The trip was made in silence. Mr. Jenkins left them in the foyer of the hospital
with an injunction to wait.
тАЮWhat do you think he will do?тАЬ Morrie asked nervously.
тАЮI donтАЩt know. DadтАЩll be fair about it.тАЬ
тАЮThatтАЩs what IтАЩm afraid of,тАЬ Morrie admitted. тАЮRight now I donтАЩt want justice; I
want charity.тАЬ
тАЮI hope Uncle Don is all right,тАЬ Art put in.
тАЮHuh? Oh, yes, indeed! Sorry, Art, IтАЩm afraid weтАЩve kind of forgotten your
feelings. The principal thing is for him to get well, of course.тАЬ
тАЮTo tell the truth, before I knew it was Uncle Don, I was more worried over the
chance that I might have gotten Mother into a law suit than I was over what
we might have done to a stranger.тАЬ
тАЮForget it,тАЬ Ross advised. тАЮA person canтАЩt help worrying over his own
troubles. Dad says the test is in what you do, not in what you think. We all did
what we could for him.тАЬ
тАЮWhich was mostly not to touch him before the doctor came,тАЬ Morrie
pointed out.
тАЮWhich was what he needed.тАЬ
тАЮYes,тАЬ agreed Art, тАЮbut I donтАЩt check you, Ross, on it not mattering what you
think as long as you act all right. It seems to me that wrong ideas can be just
as bad as wrong ways to do things.тАЬ
тАЮEasy, now. If a guy does something brave when heтАЩs scared to death is he
braver than the guy who does the same thing but isnтАЩt scared?тАЬ
тАЮHeтАЩs less . . . . no, heтАЩs more. . . . YouтАЩve got me all mixed up. ItтАЩs not
the same thing.тАЬ
тАЮNot quite, maybe. Skip it.тАЬ
They sat in silence for a long time. Then Morrie said, тАЮAnyhow, I hope