My Initial Diagnosis of the twin Gunshot Wounds was a Lie. The Bullets were small of caliber, it is True, but the Tiny Pistol must have packed a Great Charge of Powder, for both Projectiles had—it was Obvious from my first Inspection—penetrated the Idiot Giant’s skin, flesh, muscle layer, and stomach lining. From my first Consultation, I had known that the Bullets were in Mr. Manson’s Belly, Spleen, Liver, or some other Vital Organ, and that his Survival Depended upon Exploratory and then Removal Surgery. I Lied. If there is a Hell—in which I no longer Believe, since this Earth and some of the
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