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Doctor, would you like to pay tribute to Pelageya,
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if you feel strong enough.
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Oh, yes, yes, of course.
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We're here to honor the untimely death of
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not just a respected colleague but a respected friend.
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It is incomprehensible even to me a doctor
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that Pelageya built as she was like an ox
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could be felled by something so small as a typhoid louse.
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But if there is a crumb of solace to be taken from this tragedy
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it is the knowledge that there is nothing any of us,
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any of us could have done.
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So let us remember fondly Pelagey for who she was.