Bandaged

Hi Dad! Youre finally home.

How was the hospital?

As usual, you know.

Let me rest five minutes,

then get your things

and come in the office.

No clearly, you havent understood

the main point.

When one cant figure

the antiderivativa

of an integral function,

one uses the integration by parts.

Here, for example.

Now

We dont know how to calculate

the antiderivative of xcos(x).

But since we know the product,

we can try the calculation

of the integration by parts.

Suppose that u'(x)=cosx and v(x)=x.

Then u(x)=sinx et v'(x)=1. Thus:

"Idle Youth

By all things enslaved

Through sensitivity

Ive wasted my days.

Ah! Let the moment come

When hearts love as one.

I told myself:
wait

And let no one see:

And without the promise

Of true ecstasy.

Let nothing delay

This hiding away.

Ive been patient so long

Ive forgotten even

The terror and suffering

Flown up to heaven,

A sick thirst again

Darkens my veins.

So the meadow

Freed by neglect,

Flowered, overgrown

With weeds and incense,

To the buzzing nearby

Of a hundred foul flies.

Ah! Thousand widowhoods

Of a soul so poor

It bears only the image

Of our Lady before!

Does one then pray"

Lucille?

to the Virgin today?

Idle Youth

By all things enslaved" Lucille!

Lucille!

It is 8:
05!

Excuse me, I didnt hear.

I was reading.

If you wish to read, do so in

the evening, after supper

Yes father.

Next time you go without supper

if you insist on arriving late.

Such a storm this morning!

The weather is crazy.

When I was young it never

rained this time of year.

Human beings consume too much.

Were suffocating the planet.

Can they prove it

scientifically, dad?

Yes naturally

If yould like to learn more,

i could get you an advanced

text on meteorology.

For your 18th birthday.

For my birthday?

That would be a good

practical present.

Yes, but

Practical and educational.

A far cry from our

advertising TV culture.

What Ild really like to do is

to go to college

that would be educational

to study poetry.

Poetry?

Yeah Oscar Wilde, Rimbaud,

Baudelaire... and literature too.

What good is studying

literature and poetry?

You can read yourself

and thats sufficient.

Oscar Wilde doesnt deserve

all the attention you give him.

The man was a pervert and its just

as well that he was imprisoned.

And if youd like

to write poetry

you can do it to your hearts

content right here at home.

But Id learn more if

I went away to college.

Not really One doesnt learn

as effectively in a group setting.

But since you really dont like

teaching me poetry

Youd be better off

with the sciences.

You could help me here. Before you

wanted to be a doctor, like me.

Ive changed my mind.

And thats just the problem.

You never stick with anything.

Remember what happened

when you were twelve?

You wanted to go away

to boarding school,

but you were back home

three months later.

You told me that you

couldnt make any friends

and that you cried yourself to sleep

each night. Isnt that right?

When your mother was

sick those two long years

What good is studying

literature and poetry?

your father asked me

You can read yourself

and thats sufficient.

to come and take care of you

The man was a pervert and its just

as well that he was imprisoned.

but I couldnt come then.

Now, clearly, you havent understood

the main point.

Youd be better off

with the sciences.

And if you wish to write poetry

you can do it to your hearts

content right here at home.

I hate you! Let me out!

Let me out!

Youre all that he has.

Thank you. Goodbye.

I am Lucilles great aunt.

Im so glad that youve come

to help with her care.

Joan Genova. Yes. Im thankful for

the opportunity to be here.

I hope it wasnt too hard

to get out here.

Oh no no. I managed to find a driver

who knew the way from the main station.

So, you are from Italy?

Yes, from Calabria, the mountains.

When I was 15 my parents

sent me to my uncles in Boston.

I imagine you must resemble

your mother?

Yes.

In our family too, the girls

all resemble their mother.

Let me show you to Arthurs.

Im sorry, Doctor Baerts office.

Thank you.

Come in.

Please be seated, Miss Genova.

You are later than we expected you.

Yes, Im so sorry.

I shall explain the situation.

One week ago my daughter

had an accident.

She suffered third degree

burns on her face

and tissue loss around

the left cheek and nose.

After first making an incision,

I treated the most serious wounds

with a series of allografts

through which I have avoided any serious

hydro-electrical complications.

She shows no respiratory

complications, but

you must nonetheless observe closely

to forestall any hypermetabolisation,

guard against infection, and help

her maintain nutritional levels.

I would like her watched

twenty-four hours day.

I shall remain with her as much

as is necessary.

In this house I do not wish to hear

any mention of the hospital.

Yes, of course.

I will show you to your room.

Those are Italian shoes, right?

Yes.

Very good.

"Pharmaceutical Formulary for

Surgeons and Nurses."

Lucille, your nurse has arrived.

Come in.

Good morning, Lucille.

She remains in a state of shock.

Mutism and paralysis

of the extremities.

Bandages, compresses, disinfection,

sodium chloride solution

cortisone, everything

you need is right here.

Very good.

You will give her six of these

and two capsules four times a day.

I must leave now.

Ill be back at 6:30 sharp if

I have no emergencies.

"Flowers of Evil."

Baudelaire.

Lucille has not had any problems?

She refused to eat.

You may leave us now.

Lucille, my dear you know

that today is your birthday

Ill heal you quickly,

I promise you.

Just look at your present.

Your mother made me promise that I give

them to you on your 18th birthday.

I keep them for you just for now

Soon everything will be

just as it was.

Im sure of it

Is something hurting?

That itches Is that it?

That doesnt itch anymore

look at me

Breath deeply now

Zygomaticus major:

zygomaticus minor:

levator anguli oris:

Masseter:

Got it?

You will apply this cream

twice a day.

It will regenerate the tissue

underneath the bandage.

Really now, be careful!

Always the same scarring.

Look at this.

These idiots. Incompetents!

Lucille will have no scars

not like Anna.

It began with a tissue sample,

followed by an ablation.

They were never sure of

anything so they cut.

In the end, they gave her back

to me covered with scars

without ever having healed her.

My poor Arthur

I should have kept her at home.

You would have taken

good care of her.

She has developed a strong fever.

Ill be back. Above all, dont put this

one back in the cage with the others

Poor Lucille, I should make her

one of her favorite dinners.

Here, give her this injection.

Above all, keep an eye

on her breathing.

Grandma are you sure this

is really what you want?

I cant possibly take it from you.

But she really wants you to have it.

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