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Madam Bisi had just left the hospital and was making her way towards the foot of the tree where her taxi was parked. She walked slowly, and with that dignity which befits a woman who is happily married and owns a trading store on Balogun Street. She was not thinking, however, of the crockery, bicycles and tobacco in her store. Her mind was far too full of painful memories of suffering humanity she had only just seen in the wards, especially of her friend Anti. Anti seemed to be in a really bad way, and it would require all the modern medical skill at the doctor's Command to restore net health. Still, Bisi did not despair. She knew little about illnesses and medicines and she could not foretell what might happen to Anti. It was best to hope and pray. She found her taxi waiting as arranged under a mango tree, but the driver had apparently decided to employ his time in pursuits less boring than sleeping at the wheel and the little girl Shola must also have joined him. Madam Bisi leaned against the taxi, and in the intervals between sounding the horn and waiting for them, she allowed herself to observe the visitors who now poured out of the hospital in a never-ending stream. They were

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Author

Cyprian Ekwensi

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction