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please get into bed."

He obeyed, conscious of a sudden weakness.
 "How long have I been here?"

"Ten days. You lost a great deal of blood, but that I was able
to replace. However, you were greatly debilitated, no fat and
showing signs of long-standing malnutrition. I've had you under
hypnotic sedation and used fast-acting hormones to promote
rapid healing. I would have used slow-time, but, frankly, you
were in no condition to take it," She paused, hesitating, and he
guessed at her question.

"Six months working in a mine and skimping on food," he
said dryly. "Then riding Low. It isn't the best way to stay in
condition."

"I wondered," she said. "Thank you for confiding in me."

"You are the doctorтАФyou need to know." He added, quietly,
"You mentioned hypnotic sedation."

"A technique of my own. You felt no pain and were able to eat
at regular intervals, but your privacy remained inviolate, Earl."
She smiled at his expression. "Some things I had to knowтАФyour
name for one. For therapeutic reasons, not official. We don't
bother with such things here at Relad."

"The farm?"

"The area. At times you became a little delirious and the use
of your name enabled me to strengthen your libido. Anyway, that
is all over now. Good food and rest will make you as good as
new."

"As my clothes?"

"You know?"

"The boy told me that you were refurbishing them. A big word
for a small boy to use."

"He is a very unusual boy." She swallowed and added, "I am
not good at displaying emotion, my training perhaps, but there
it is. And some things are impossible to put into words. But
know this. Anything I have, anything you want, is yours for what
you did. Had Jondelle been takenтАФ"

"He wasn't," said Dumarest.