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〃Isn't there anything for all hours？〃
〃You can have choucroute。〃
〃Give me choucroute and beer。〃
〃A demi or a bock？〃
〃A light demi。〃
The waiter brought a dish of sauerkraut with a slice of ham over the top and a sausage buried in the hot wine…soaked cabbage。 I ate it and drank the beer。 I was very hungry。 I watched the people at the tables in the caf？ At one table they were playing cards。 Two men at the table next me were talking and smoking。 The caf？was full of smoke。 The zinc bar； where I had breakfasted； had three people behind it now； the old man； a plump woman in a black dress who sat behind a counter and kept track of everything served to the tables； and a boy in an apron。 I wondered how many children the woman had and what it had been like。
When I was through with the choucroute I went back to the hospital。 The street was all clean now。 There were no refuse cans out。 The day was cloudy but the sun was trying to e through。
I rode upstairs in the elevator； stepped out and went down the hail to Catherine's room； where I had left my white gown。 I put it on and pinned it in back at the neck。 I looked in the glass and saw myself looking like a fake doctor with a beard。 I went down the hail to the delivery room。 The door was closed and I knocked。 No one answered so I turned the handle and went in。 The doctor sat by Catherine。 The nurse was doing something at the other end of the room。
〃Here is your husband；〃 th
