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the bolster. "It's all right," she said in Russian. "It is all right, countryman."
He looked at her with dazed eyes. "Help me," he said. Nurse Cullen did not attempt to lift him. She pulled a pillow from the bed and put it under his head. She pressed the callbell again furiously and then shouted, "Clarissa! Clarissa, come in here! I need you!"
She lowered the man's head onto the pillow and stood. As Clarissa Washington appeared in the doorway, she commanded, "Stay with the patient, Clarissa."
Back at the nursing station she snatched up the telephone. "Bobby Lee? Are you still there?"
"Yes, ma'am. What's happened? Are you all right?"
"I am perfectly safe, Bobby Lee. Now, listen to me carefully. You must call the FBI in Raleigh immediately. They must come here right away. Understand, Bobby Lee? Right away."
"But Miz Cullen"
"Right away, Bobby. Just do it."

 
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