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to half its usual number, the other half was in
bed or nursing somebody in bed. The chaplain
was on his legs from morning till night, assisting
and helping the sick and the poor, a more
kind-hearted man I have never set eyes on, and he was
penniless too. The only reward he ever got was
that he brought the infection to his own home.
The two eldest of his eight children caught
typhoid, five had scarlet fever, and his last born
swallowed a two-franc piece and nearly died of
intestinal occlusion. Then the Swedish Consul,
a most peaceful and quiet little man, suddenly
became a raving lunatic, and, for the matter of
that, nearly killed me; but I will tell you this
story another time.
Up in Quartier Montparnasse it was a far
more serious business, although in many ways
it seemed almost easier work to me. I am
ashamed to say that I got on much better with
these poor Italians than with my own
compatriots, who were often difficult to handle, sullen,
dissatisfied and rather exacting and selfish. The
Italians on the other hand, who had brought
nothing with them from their own country but
their small means, their all-enduring patience
and cheerfulness and their charming manners,
were always satisfied and grateful and
extraordinarily helpful to each other. When
diphtheria broke out in the Salvatore family,
Arcangelo Fusco, the street-sweeper, stopped work at
once and became a most devoted nurse to them
all. All three little girls caught diphtheria, the
eldest girl died and the following day the
worn-out mother caught the terrible disease. Only the
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