You explain to him that faithfulness on this detail will, in time, get him the privilege of going "to staff" to ask for a "parole" or privilege card. This privilege card will permit him to roam the grounds and go to the recreation hall or the store. Also, it will "earn" him a pack of cigarettes or a bar of candy about every other day. You add that the goal is neither the privilege card nor the cigarettes, but escape from the perpetual din of this ward, and the establishment of a record of good conduct. Then his family can request a trial visit for him -- a visit home, where he can actually REST amid his loved ones.

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You know that if this boy will follow the procedure you have outlined, you will have snatched a soul back from hell in the nick of time. For if this boy remains on this ward, amid this senile decay, you know from past experience that you will see him deteriorate from day to day before your very eyes. You have witnessed it scores of times before.