Part 2 (2/2)
”Measles.”
”Immaterial.”
”Very unpleasant, though.”
”Nothing else?”
”Mumps.”
”Unimportant.”
”Not to me. I looked like a water-melon.”
”Nothing besides? No serious illnesses?”
”None.”
”What is your age?”
”Twenty-five.”
”Are your parents living?”
”No.”
”Were they healthy?”
”Fit as fiddles.”
”And your grandparents?”
”Perfect bear-cats. I remember my grandfather at the age of about a hundred or something like that spanking me for breaking his pipe. I thought it was a steam-hammer. He was a wonderfully muscular old gentleman.”
”Excellent.”
”By the way,” said Kirk casually, ”my life _is_ insured.”
”Very sensible. There has been no serious illness in your family at all, then, as far as you know?”
”I could hunt up the records, if you like; but I don't think so.”
”Consumption? No? Cancer? No? As far as you are aware, nothing? Very satisfactory.”
”I'm glad you're pleased.”
”Are you married?”
”Good Lord, no!”
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