The day after the BBQ, Miles was slightly unwell. By the evening, he was really quite ill. Kind of malarial. Without his permission Sally went to Mrs O'Donnel's house and returned with Dr Unguru. He was the headmistress's boyfriend and owner of the local hospital. He had not touched anything but money at work for years. He examined Miles, declared that he had pneumonia and told him to come to hospital the next day. The next day, Sunday, they headed to the hospital where a nice young man declared he had gastroenteritis and malaria. Nothing like pneumonia. Miles was given some antibiotics. Two hours later, back at home, Miles was bouncing up and down, thrashing wildly, fountaining sweat, growling like a dog and floating three feet above the bed. Sally called the hospital and he immediately
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