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289Cecil said, %u201cI, for one, will enjoy visiting her on a regular basis. She is a fine looking lass. The only thing that concerns me is the part about punishing us in the theatre.%u201d%u201cI guess we%u2019ll just have to wait and see,%u201d Hazel said. A couple of weeks passed and true to the deal, the men visited Matilda in a her large country home bought for her by her father. And then the day came when Matilda paid her first monthly visit to the hospital and the theatre.They were gathered in there now. Matilda stood with them in a skirt, blouse, and expensive jacket. Cecil gave her a gown and surgical mask. %u201cWelcome to our little place of work. We have seven patients to open up and repair today. If you come with me, please Matilda. I do a very brief ward round to talk to each one so they fill less anxiety about the day.%u201dThe others waited when they left and chatted amongst themselves. Cecil and Matilda returned thirty minutes later and a patient was brought in on a trolley and placed onto the operating table. They got to the forth one being brought in the same. She had been heavily sedated and was almost unconscious. She was an eighty-five year old very frail, wrinkled lady with thinning grey hair.%u201cEthel here is to have her reproductive system removed as its giving her a lot of pain. There%u2019s no sign of cancer. We%u2019ll remove ovaries, womb, tie off the top of her cervix and sew her up again.%u201d Cecil told them.%u201cGood. I think she%u2019ll do nicely,%u201d Matilda said.They all stared at her.%u201cUm... what for, nicely, exactly?%u201d Cecil asked.The Surgeon