THE HEARTS<br > ov ELEPHANTS<br >}<br > AND MEN<br > I1~ A~ha~ on earth is lhat ?" I~.ictlard :>Red. as hc sank<br > t/ II/ t{~ his kncc.~ bcl)rc the !oi>g plastic b~? ~，，hich<br > had bccn rolled ncros.~ the floor {)i his {，i]icc b :/)otmg mnl~<br > ho had the nh" of u 1}crs]nl~ carpcl wtcrcha!;t， r~l/hcr thnn tllc<br > clcrhmry padl{}iogist hc claimed 1{} be.<br > "l)on t oti rt，，t.:{}~211i/，c the ~.tt}rl~.l. t)l. ，h，}i~lc$L) <br > "Yes. I supp{}sc l do， Rictlard snkt. 11， ccrtsi;tl<br > l，<unili<lr， but it s so damned hi<， "<br > ，2-" ~<br > "xX cll. c}icoursc it is...it s lrolll :.lp， clcphal~t. I ll bet you c<br > l~ccr sccn one bclk}i c， hac ~ou .~ <br > "YOtl rc ct~ll~mcd right 1 holt ont，" Richard said. as hc kl~clt<br > closer to cxalllhlc the spcchl/cn il ~ il]orc c|cRlil.<br > "Veil. it sure h~oks like a largo version ~>i ltR~ hulll:u/<br > ~ </t}rl;，l. but this {me sho，~s c~<idcncc of ;lrtcr]{}sclcrosi$. I，ook<br > ~ H ， i o<br > <it those calcii]cd ~.iiCtl~，. Rlcnald said. as 1TItiCh tO， hiinscll"<br > Io his COl iip~lilioi].<br >