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Ms. Gregory:
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Hello Doctor? Doctor Balis?
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Dr. Balis:
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Yes. This is Doctor Balis.
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Ms. Gregory:
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I don't have much time to talk. I think they're tracing the
call.
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Dr. Balis:
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Ms. Gregory?
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Ms. Gregory:
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Yes, it's me. Three minutes is all the time I have to talk,
so you must listen. I have to leave the country at once.
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Dr. Balis:
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Is something wrong?
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Ms. Gregory:
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Yes. Everything is wrong. They're after me and they're after
him. I'm leaving the country tonight and I don't know how long I'll be gone.
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Dr. Balis:
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Where are you?
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Ms. Gregory:
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I can't tell you that. They've tapped the lines and they're
tracing the call, do you understand?
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Dr. Balis:
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What has happened? What's the matter?
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Ms. Gregory:
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It's Matthew. Do you remember how I told you that I'd lost
him? That he was drifting away?
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Dr. Balis:
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Yes, I remember.
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Ms. Gregory:
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I had a dream today. A waking dream. As I was walking home.
I had a vision.
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Dr. Balis:
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And?
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Ms. Gregory:
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I saw a body in the river.
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Dr. Balis:
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And you're afraid that Matthew has been hurt?
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Ms. Gregory:
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No, that's not it. I must hide now, mother, even here in hiding.
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Dr. Balis:
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Pardon?
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Ms. Gregory:
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Isn't that how he phrased it? I have left England because I
have done something no river could long enough conceal. Don't you remember?
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Dr. Balis:
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Yes. I remember. You are quoting Matthew's letter.
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Ms. Gregory:
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I must go now, Doctor. I must leave the country. But I'm afraid.
Oh, I'm so afraid.
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Dr. Balis:
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Of what?
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Ms. Gregory:
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I must go now. Oh dear. No time left. No time. Doctor?
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Dr. Balis:
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Yes?
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Ms. Gregory:
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I think my son has committed a murder. Goodbye.
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Dr. Balis:
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Wait! Ms. Gregory?
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Ms. Gregory:
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Goodbye Doctor.
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Doctor Balis' Notes on this Session
Transcripts of Helen Gregory's Therapy Sessions
