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Really.
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Cholera was all over the country.
My wife
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was working with us,
in front of our house.
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She sat. Was a hot day,
but she was cold.
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We took a look at her
and stepped back, all of us.
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Was dangerous to touch her.
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I wanted to help her,
but the others would not let me.
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For if I caught cholera,
my family would die of hunger.
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Who would work our land?
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My wife herself was imploring me
not to touch her.
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But I...
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I laid her on our bed
and ran to fetch a cart
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to bring her at the doctor's
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so that he cures her.
When I came back,
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the soldiers were nailing
the doors of our house shut.
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My wife was still lying on our bed,
not even screaming anymore.
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I implored the soldiers to let me
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get inside our house, near her.
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''Cholera'', they kept repeating.
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Tell that southerner to stop.
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He gets our Brothers all excited,
and all for nothing.
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What are you giving me?
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Rhum mixed with opium.
You will be able to sleep.
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But I don't want to sleep!
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don't listen to him.
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''We are nine', I told them,
''and there are only four soldiers.
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''We can overtake them.''
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But they just stayed there,
doing nothing.
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''She is crying'', I told them.
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And my wife was crying, softly.
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Just like a child.
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- Shall I go on?
- Yes.