The day dawned gloomy. The sky was loaded with gray clouds and a suffocating aura hovered over the hospital. All the patients were already working in the first hours of the day, some washing clothes and the rest cleaning the courtyard, under the supervision of a few guards. The passing of Lilly, a young girl, shook everyone, and the food rationing inflamed spirits.Dorothy was one of those who suffered the most from the lack of food."I'm hungry," she complained, bringing her hand to her stomach.Sophia continued sweeping the floor without looking around. But she agreed:"We have to do something.""We, I don't know. But I have to eat.""They're giving us little food. Almost nothing."Dorothy, furious, placed her hands on her hips and looked directly up. The highest window was open, and the silhouette of the Mother Superior, smoking, paced back and forth."Meanwhile, they stuff themselves up there in the penthouse. I took the firewood in the morning and the smell of the pie was torture
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