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She let three days pass without calling a doctor. Lacoste, it was true, had said he did not want a doctor, but, said the accusation, ``there is no proof that he persisted in that wish. On the fourth day she sent a summary of the illness to Dr Boubee, asking for written advice.
He had a letter written by M. Lacoste to the doctor in which he himself explained the state of his illness. It was pointed out to him that the letter had been written by Mme Lacoste at her husband's dictation. It was directed to M. Boubee, doctor of medicine, in Vic-Fezensac. Perhaps it would be better to give it in the original language.
Asked by the court why she had not thought to give Dr Boubee any explanations of the illness, she replied that she knew her husband was always ill, but that he hid his maladies and was ashamed of them. He had, it appeared, hernias, tetters, and other maladies besides.
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