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As ever
Alan
P.S. I am nearly well again.
9
'Do you know that the Bill attainting Richard III before Parliament didn't mention the murder of the Princes in the Tower?' Grant asked the surgeon next morning.
'Really?' said the surgeon. 'That's odd, isn't it?'
'Extremely odd. Can you think of an explanation?'
'Probably trying to minimize the scandal. For the sake of the family.'
'He wasn't succeeded by one of his family. He was the last of his line. His successor was the first Tudor. Henry VII.'
'Yes, of course. I'd forgotten. I was never any good at history. I used to use the history period to do my home algebra. They don't manage to make history very interesting in schools. Perhaps more portraits might help.' He glanced up at the Richard portrait and went back to his professional inspection. 'That is looking very nice and healthy, I'm glad to say. No pain to speak of now?'
And he went away, kindly and casual He was interested in faces because they were part of his trade, but history was just something that he used for other purposes; something that he set aside in favour of algebra under the desk. He had living bodies in his care, and the future in his hands; he had no thought to spare for problems academic.
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