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"Difficult," said my mother with gloomy finality. "Cantankerous. And unlucky." A few days after surgery I was wakened by the telephone operator around six thirty in the morning. "Dr Holmes wants to see you right away." "Has something happened? Is it an emergency?" "I don't think it is - he hasn't called the surgical service. He just says he wants to see you at once." "Tell him I'll be right down." He was propped up in bed, a bowl of soapy water before him and a razor in hand. When I knocked & entered "Sit down for a minute until I get through. I have a number of complaints and I want them attended to. In the meantime you can look over the nursing notes." He finished presently and washed his face. I took away the bowl and towels. "I have written down my complaints. If you'll get that sheet of paper lying on the bureau you can read them aloud and then take what