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[Sidenote: _Murt's Virus was catastrophically lethal, but it killed in a way no disease had ever thought of -- it loved its victims to death! _]
Love came somewhat late to Dr. Sylvester Murt. In fact, it took the epidemic of 1961 to break down his resistance. A great many people fell in love that year -- just about every other person you talked to -- so no one thought much about Dr. Murt's particular distress, except a fellow victim who was directly involved in this case.