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gentleman would not hurt a weak little woman from California. But Mr. Pneumonia
touched Johnsy with his cold fingers. She lay on her bed almost without moving, and

she looked through the window at the wall of the house next
to hers. One morning, the busy doctor spoke to Sue alone in
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the hall, where Johnsy could not hear. “She has a very small What y
chance,” he said. “She has a chance, if she wants to live. If What did the doctor
people don’t want to live, I can’t do much for them. tell Sue ?

Your little lady has decided that she is not going to get well.
Is there something that is troubling her?”

“She always wanted to go to Italy and paint a picture of the Bay of Naples,” said Sue.
“It is weakness,” said the doctor. “I will do all I know how to do.

But when a sick person begins to feel that he’s going to die, half my work is useless.
Talk to her about new winter clothes. If she were interested in the future, her chances
would be better.”

After the doctor had gone, Sue went into the workroom to cry. Then she walked into
Johnsy’s room. She carried some of her painting materials and she was singing.

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