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promising  to  return in four  days time  gloria  leaves  gilbert"s  office,  she  meets  john the  doctor  taking  care  of  her  dying  husband , they  have  drinks  together, the  mood and  air  between them was  familiar  as  if  mr  earnest  was  not  the  only  reason they  happened  to  know  each  other, gloria  wanted  to  see her  husband who  was   in bad  condition , tubes   of  all kinds  were  fixed  on him