Jack! Wait a moment! One of my students, Rosaleen Sullivan, she will not speak, she simply will not say a word. I've been working with her, and I believe she was on the verge of a breakthrough when we saw a man, Wendell Backus--
Slow down for a second. Big city folk rattle a mile a minute. I'm just a country boy who needs to understand this.
I'm concerned for one of my students.
Rosaleen Sullivan who doesn't speak and why do you think Mr. Backus has something to do with that?
When she saw him, he stared at her, and it was like her blood froze. It just happened again. She saw him...and she just crawled back into her shell.
...
Well, how old is she?
She's only eight.
OK. I'll talk to him.
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