Burr comes to awareness slowly, and reluctantly. He feels ill, like dying, and is disconcerted. He doesn't know where he is, or what day it is.
Until he opens his eyes and sees Hosack. He wishes instantly to be back asleep.
"God no," Burr says, trying to swallow around a swollen tongue. "If you let yourself in, perhaps you can also be so good as to let yourself out."
He doesn't want to see anyone, and he doesn't need an intervention. He only has a few years left, no family, and he has made it clear on a number of occasions that he fully intends to gain what little satisfaction there is left for him on this earth before expiration.
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Until he opens his eyes and sees Hosack. He wishes instantly to be back asleep.
"God no," Burr says, trying to swallow around a swollen tongue. "If you let yourself in, perhaps you can also be so good as to let yourself out."
He doesn't want to see anyone, and he doesn't need an intervention. He only has a few years left, no family, and he has made it clear on a number of occasions that he fully intends to gain what little satisfaction there is left for him on this earth before expiration.