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“This is a frightful mess,” said one gravely. “Poor child. If only we had evacuated the family before the trouble broke out. The cholera epidemic couldn’t have come at a worse time for them.” Mary pricked her ears. She knew that cholera was a disease that killed lots of people, but what did it have to do with her family? “The doctor tells me her mother was struck down with cholera very suddenly. Her father rushed her here in the night, but it was too late,” the first officer continued. Mary froz