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So , stammering and breaking into sobs and even whispered screams , and more outrageous abuse of her fellow tenant , she told him : It was scarlet fever , and there were children in the house . The Board of Health , `` sicked on by that damned woman , '' said that Jacky must go to the hospital -- to the contagious ward . `` And the doctor said he 'd be better off there ; he said they could do for him better than me -- me , his mother ! They 're going to send a ambulance -- I telegraphed you at four o'clock -- and here it is six ! You _ must _ have got it by five -- why did n't you come ? Oh -- my God , _ Jacky _ ! '' Her suffering was naked ; shocking to witness !