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Lady Sybil to the fear and pain of a hurried operation.
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When, in all likelihood, she would have died anyway.
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But...
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there was a chance.
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An infinitesimal one.
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The discomfort and the terror would have been all too certain.
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- So you think Tapsell was right? - Oh, I can't go that far.
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Sir Philip Tapsell ignored all the evidence
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in a most unhelpful and let me say arrogant manner.
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But Sybil was going to die.
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When everything is weighed in the balance,
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I believe that Lady Sybil was going to die.