She was disappointed in her oldest friend: that he should, after all these years, still try to deceive her. Nurse Edna and Mrs Grogan were becoming addicted to it, and Larch considered that it was worse for the orphans than organized religion. Homer knelt by Wally's wheelchair and put his head in Wally's lap. I hope he _doesn't_ come back—at least, not that soon,' said Wilbur Larch, whose breaking heart reminded him of what he'd forgotten: the story of Homer's 'weak' heart.
'Don't be shy—if you're worried about your spotting,' Nurse Edna said to her confidentially, 'or if you have any peculiar cramps, speak to Homer about it. If he had been named by this dull, love-struck nurse, he probably would have been a Larch or a Wilbur of one kind or another; and a John, a Jack, or a Robert—to make matters even duller. Frankly, Homer was full of regret. He'd never been inside a car before.
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