ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IMPRESSED US MOST, DESPITE ITS SIMPLICITY, WAS THE FAREWELL SCENE WITH THE PATIENTS. BETWEEN THEM, THEY COLLECTED 100.50 SOLS AND GAVE THEM TO US WITH A GRANDILOQUENT LITTLE NOTE. THEN, MANY OF THEM CAME TO SAY GOODBYE TO US INDIVIDUALLY; MORE THAN ONE SHED TEARS THANKING US FOR THE LITTLE LIFE WE HAD GIVEN THEM BY SHAKING THEIR HANDS, ACCEPTING THEIR LITTLE GIFTS OR SITTING AMONG THEM TO WATCH A FOOTBALL GAME. IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT CAN ENCOURAGE US TO DEVOTE OURSELVES SERIOUSLY TO LEPROSY ONE DAY, IT IS THIS AFFECTION THAT PATIENTS EVERYWHERE SHOW US.