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Mando, pleading her cause, must have said that Dr. Brown was the most distinguished physician in the United States of America, for our man poured out his symptoms and drew a madly waving line indicating the irregularity of his pulse.
`` He's got high blood pressure, too, and bum kidneys '', the doctor said to me.
`` Transparent look, waxy skin -- could well be uremia ''.
He looked disapprovingly at an ash tray piled high with cigarette stubs, shook his head, and moved his hand back and forth in a strong negative gesture.
The little official hung his head in shame.
Seeing this, his colleague at the next desk gave a short, contemptuous laugh, pushed forward his own ash tray, innocent of a single butt, thumped his chest to show his excellent condition, and looked proud.
The doctor gravely nodded approval.
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