nd all proving that they
did not need greekin a way that fussed Russell more and more and kept
everybody occupied until everybody went to bed.
Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
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Gertrude Stein’s?nal illness reached a stage at which the doctors no longer felt
that surgery was advisableon account of her weakened condition:
Ayoung surgeon was called inand Gertrude told him bluntly‘I order
you to operate. I was not made to su?er.’ It was the choice she made.
The operation was scheduled for the afternoon of July ??. Alice [her
companionAlice B. Toklas] waited anxiously beside Gertrude’s bed––
Gertrude was already under heavy sedation. She turned to Alice and
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silent. Gertrude said‘In that casewhat is the question?’ The afternoon
Alice rememberedwas ‘troubledconfusedand very uncertain.’ Then
the orderlies arrived and Gertrude was wheeled down the long corridor.
In the course of the operationwhat was suspected proved to be true;
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Gertrude had inoperable cancer. At about ?.?? in the eveningshe lapsed
into a coma. Doctors worked on her for an hour. At ?.??she was
pronounced dead.
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