human
Doctor! gasped the woman, frantically.
gpt
My baby swallowed a pin! And I'm sure it's in her lungs now. She breathes so queer.
human
When did this happen?
gpt
Last week.
human
But why did you wait all this time to come to a doctor?
gpt
Because, stammered the other, between her sobs,
human
I'm afraid it's too late now, sighed the doctor.
gpt
I'll make an examination, of course, but if the pin is lodged in the child's lung, there is nothing I, or anybody else--except that surgeon in Philadelphia--could do. And he's too far away.