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He had threatened every appendix in Pointview , and had a lot of inside information about our men and women -- especially the latter . He looked weary . '' ` Yesterday was a little hard on me , ' he said . ` It began at four in the morning with a confinement case and ended at one A.M. . There were two operations at the hospital , a steady stream at the office , and a twenty-mile ride over the hills . Got back in the evening pretty well worn out . Tumbled into bed at two minutes of eleven , and was asleep before the clock struck .