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So he lived there in his household.
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Like, you know, in feudal times clients lived with their master's house
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and ate on the master's table, or with other servants' table;
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even high-ranking people occasionally
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were not allowed to eat with the lord.
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Well he became Ashley's confidant, advisor and surgeon.
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He performed a surgery,
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and I think medical scientists are still puzzled
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whether this was some path-breaking surgery
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or whether he just had good luck--that he'd helped Ashley.
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Ashley had a surplus production of his liver
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and he implanted a tube into his abdomen area