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Show -69- The Professor glanced at the pamphlet, but it meant little to him.1 It contained a series of menus, but the portions were given in metric weights? and he could not quickly translate them. The doctor weat on to tell him that his wife would have to measure all his food carefully? There were certain things he could not have at all, like sugar? or candy, or soft drinks. "And no alcohol." The Professor looked up quickly? "None?" "None at all!" The doctor must have seen the look on the Professor's face? "None, that i s , for the f i r s t two months? We need to get an accurate picture of the extent of your trouble. After that -" well - w e ' l l see?" Even so? two months without a drink? The Professor felt that he needed one a t that moment? And jusfitwhen his classes were about to begin! What would he do when he came home tired? How would he get to sleep a t night? He shook his head. "I don't know," he said? not meaning to speak? The doctor became firm? "You must hold to this schedule. I t ' s a l l we can do for you a t the moment. I'd like to t a l k ttlth your wife?" The Professor waved the l i t t l e pamphlet? "She w i l l know what to do? She's very good a t this sort of thing?" |