Morning greeting me in the same frightful way as before, only today I found the compassionate man I had become aware of on the previous day seated next to me. I was too ill to hold a conversation with anyone, but he remained perpetually cheerful as he conversed with other patients around us. He told of events which had happened to him during his incarceration in German and Russian prisoner of war camps during World War II. This attracted my attention and finally, one day, he addressed me personally by saying, "Did I ever tell you about the time...?" I became engrossed in the things he told me...