'Wally told me. 'Hi, honey!' 'Hi, Florence,' Wally said, smiling. Maybe it's not my reading, Homer thought; maybe it's the Winkles—all her sit-ups, all his trout-catching, all the fierce rigor of the indisputably great outdoors. Residual flaccid paralysis of the lower extremities was not a common effect of the disease, but it was well enough known to be documented.
In his ether swoon his left hand reached for it, just missing it. The following morning, they would all smirk at him—as if he'd said the same, foolish thing to each of them. As a couple, they rarely fought because Lorna would not fight back. 'Homer Wells thinks it's killing someone,' Nurse Caroline repeated.
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