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(1917) [MARC] Author: Axel Munthe - Tema: Medicine, War
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from his arm and handing it to her. “If
ever anybody had the right to wear the Red
Cross it is you, Josephine; you have in any
case infinitely more right to wear it than I
have. I have learnt a lot from you, Josephine,
and I thank you for it!”

“How could you learn anything from me,”
said she, “I know so little, I can barely
read and write, and you know so much, you
know everything. Sister Philippine says
that you even know what one thinks.”

“Yes, Josephine, now and then I do know
what one thinks,” said the Doctor with a
smile. “I am not a soldier, and in no need
of an identity disc round my neck, but I am
badly in need of your prayers, so why don’t
you give me that little image the German
threw back at you, and which you are now
holding between your fingers.”

Josephine got quite red in the face.
“How did you know, how could you know?
I wanted so much to give it you, but I had
not the courage to tell you. How could you
know?”

“I did not know that I knew,” said the
Doctor simply.

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