K-Pax (21 page)
ALTHOUG
H
w
e
woul
d
no
t
receiv
e
th
e
officia
l
repor
t
fro
m
th
e
Stat
e
Boar
d
o
f
Healt
h
fo
r
several
months
,
th
e
representativ
e
di
d
poin
t
ou
t
tw
o
o
r
thre
e
mino
r
deficiencie
s
tha
t
neede
d
t
o
b
e
corrected
,
and
I
brough
t
thes
e
u
p
a
t
th
e
regula
r
Monda
y
mornin
g
staf
f
meeting
.
Amon
g
th
e
othe
r
item
s
discusse
d
a
t
that
meetin
g
wa
s
th
e
new
s
tha
t
th
e
searc
h
committe
e
ha
d
narrowe
d
dow
n
thei
r
lis
t
o
f
possibl
e
candidate
s
for permanen
t
directo
r
t
o
four-thre
e
fro
m
outsid
e
th
e
hospital
,
an
d
myself
.
Th
e
chai
r
o
f
tha
t
committe
e
was
Dr
.
Klau
s
Villers.
Viller
s
i
s
th
e
kin
d
o
f
psychiatris
t
usuall
y
portraye
d
i
n
films
:
sixtyish
,
pale
,
tri
m
gra
y
goatee
,
heavy
Germa
n
accent
,
an
d
a
stric
t
Freudian
.
I
t
wa
s
clea
r
tha
t
h
e
ha
d
selecte
d
th
e
othe
r
thre
e
name
s
personally.
I
wa
s
familia
r
wit
h
thei
r
wor
k
an
d
each
,
o
n
paper
,
wa
s
a
reasonabl
e
facsimil
e
o
f
Viller
s
himself
.
Bu
t
all
ha
d
outstandin
g
credentials
,
an
d
I
wa
s
lookin
g
forwar
d
t
o
meetin
g
them
.
M
y
ow
n
candidac
y
wa
s
not
unexpected
,
bu
t
I
ha
d
mixe
d
feeling
s
abou
t
th
e
directorship-i
t
woul
d
hav
e
mean
t
permanentl
y
givin
g
up
mos
t
o
f
m
y
patients
,
amon
g
othe
r
things.
Whe
n
tha
t
busines
s
wa
s
take
n
car
e
o
f
I
summarize
d
fo
r
m
y
colleague
s
wha
t
I
ha
d
learne
d
s
o
far
abou
t
prot.
Viller
s
an
d
som
e
o
f
th
e
other
s
agree
d
tha
t
i
t
woul
d
b
e
a
wast
e
o
f
tim
e
t
o
procee
d
wit
h
ordinary psychoanalysis
,
bu
t
though
t
m
y
attemp
t
t
o
"humanize
"
hi
m
woul
d
als
o
prov
e
fruitless
,
suggestin
g
instead
som
e
o
f
th
e
newe
r
experimenta
l
drugs
.
Other
s
argue
d
tha
t
thi
s
approac
h
wa
s
prematur
e
and
,
i
n
an
y
case,
withou
t
th
e
consen
t
o
f
th
e
patient'
s
family
,
th
e
lega
l
ramification
s
coul
d
becom
e
complicated
.
Thus
,
i
t
was
generall
y
agree
d
tha
t
a
greate
r
effor
t
shoul
d
b
e
made
,
b
y
th
e
polic
e
a
s
wel
l
a
s
myself
,
t
o
determin
e
his
tru
e
identity
.
I
though
t
o
f
Meyerbeer'
s
oper
a
L'Africaine
,
i
n
whic
h
Ine
z
await
s
th
e
retur
n
o
f
her
long-departe
d
lover
,
Vasc
o
d
a
Gama
,
an
d
I
wondered
:
Wa
s
ther
e
a
famil
y
somewher
e
i
n
thi
s
wid
e
world
ferventl
y
hopin
g
an
d
prayin
g
fo
r
a
missin
g
husban
d
an
d
father
,
brothe
r
o
r
so
n
t
o
reappear?
Sessio
n
Three
TH
E
testin
g
too
k
al
l
mornin
g
an
d
hal
f
th
e
afternoo
n
o
f
Ma
y
twenty-third
.
I
ha
d
othe
r
pressin
g
duties
muc
h
o
f
tha
t
time
,
no
t
th
e
leas
t
o
f
whic
h
wa
s
a
n
emergenc
y
facilitie
s
committe
e
meetin
g
t
o
approv
e
the
purchas
e
o
f
a
ne
w
line
n
drye
r
fo
r
th
e
laundr
y
roo
m
followin
g
th
e
irreversibl
e
breakdow
n
o
f
on
e
o
f
the
tw
o
ol
d
ones
.
Bett
y
McAlliste
r
serve
d
ver
y
wel
l
i
n
m
y
place
,
however.
