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"There was a man in our town, and he was wondrous wise; / He jumped into a bramble bush and scratched out both his eyes. / And when he saw what he had done, with all his might and main / He jumped into another bush and scratched them in again." /
Dr. David Lessing found Jack Dorffman and the boy waiting in his office when he arrived at the Hoffman Center that morning. Dorffman looked as though he'd been running all night. There were dark pouches under his eyes; his heavy unshaven face seemed to sag at every crease. Lessing glanced sharply at his Field Director and sank down behind his desk with a sigh. "All right, Jack -- what's wrong?"