Billy tries to visit Nena sooner but is thrown out of the hospital by a security guard. He spots the physician who first evaluated Nena. The doctor regretfully announces that Nena bled to death sixty hours after hospital admission. Billy exits the hospital with thoughts of violence and revenge for his calamity. This short story calls to mind the works of Franz Kafka.
The tragic death of a pregnant newlywed stemming from a simple scratch on her finger, the foreboding hospital with its ridiculous rules, and an omnipresent bureaucracy contribute to a sense of horror, anger, panic, and futility.
Neither wealth nor youth are seen as safeguards against the whims of fate. Loneliness is to be feared at least as much as death.
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