Nadar [the famous photographer] told me that in the hospital, he waited impatiently for the death of his neighbor, number 4, because he wanted his night-stand; and how he asked the male nurse every morning, "Well, how is he?" and the nurse would answer: "Oh, it's going well! He won't last the day."
--Diaries of Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, 1854
Nadar me disait qu'à l'hôpital, il attendait avec impatience la mort de son voisin, le nº 6, par envie de sa table de nuit; et comme il demandait tous les matins à l'infirmier: "Eh bien, comment va-t-il?" l'infirmier répondait: "Oh, ça va très bien! Il ne passera pas la journée."
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