:08:03
Everything's fine.
I really am very tired.
:08:06
I sat with Leonardo
the last day and night.
:08:11
He was in bad pain and was
given shots every two hours.
:08:15
Now and then he cried
because it hurt.
:08:20
He wasn't afraid of dying.
:08:22
Outside the hospital
they were drilling and hammering.
:08:27
The sun was blazing down
and there were no awnings.
:08:32
We tried to get another room but
many wards were closed for repairs.
:08:38
Towards evening the noise stopped
and I could open the window.
:08:42
The heat outside was like a wall,
and not a breath of wind.
:08:49
In the evening the doctor came.
He's an old friend.
:08:54
He said it wouldn't be long now.
:08:57
Leonardo would get a shot every half
-hour so he could die without pain.
:09:04
Then the doctor left
and the ward nurse came in.
:09:09
She said I should eat,
but I wasn't hungry.
:09:13
The smell was making me sick.
:09:18
Leonardo dozed off
:09:21
then woke up and asked me
to go out of the room.
:09:27
He rang for the night nurse
and she came in with a shot.
:09:33
A minute or two later
she came out and said
:09:39
Leonardo was dead.
:09:46
I sat with him all night.
:09:49
He had been my
friend for 1 8 years.
:09:52
We had lived together for thirteen
and had never had an angry word.
:09:59
For two years he had known he was
ill and that there was no hope.