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82 cannot be responsible unless the patient enjoys complete quiet, after a shock like this to his nervous system.

Has Tony got a nervous system?

Of course he has!

[''He disappears. A shout welcomes him''.]

W’at is nervous system, Joe?

It’s what makes things hurt, Tony.

I got playnta.

[ comes in and stands over for a moment with a look of half-tender amusement on his face.  hums distractedly keeping time with one hand to the music of “Funiculi, Funicula.” With the end of the music he drops his hands with a sigh.]

What’s on your mind, Tony?