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- James Conway put away his business papers and sat back in his seat. He looked out of the aeroplane window down at the warm blue sea below.
- Very nice. Yes, but I'm not here as a visitor. I have a building company, it's called Conway Construction. My company has offices all over the world.
- It looks beautiful, doesn't it? Is this your first visit to Haiti?
- Sorry, I don't know your name. I'm Karen Jackson.
- I'm at Harvard University. I'm a doctor. I'm teaching medicine.
- I'm Mr Conway, James Conway. Just call me Conway.Nice to meet you, Karen. What do you do? Have you got a job, or are you married?
- No,'she said. 'I'm going to work in the hospital at Port au Prince. And while I'm here, I'm going to do some work for my book.
- Karen Jackson was beginning to dislike the man.
- A doctor! That's interesting. What are you doing here in Haiti? Are you on holiday? I know you teachers get long holidays.
- People still believe in it. You see, it works, and it can be very dangerous. Yes, I do. We don't really understand voodoo inAmerica. Most people think it's magic. They think it can kill people.
- Voodoo! Are you telling me that someone is paying you to come here and write about voodoo? I know Haiti is not America, but voodoo! I thought people stopped believing in that years ago.
- Are you writing a book? What is it about?
- Voodoo.
- Yes, that's right. It's not a child's doll - it's made from coconuts. You see, the face is a coconut, and someone has drawn eyes, a nose, and a mouth on it. And look, there's a pin in the doll's stomach. A few days later the man came to hospital because his stomach hurt. He knew that someone was using voodoo against him. The pain was terrible, but the doctors couldn't find anything wrong with him. In the end, he died.'
- That's right. I remember hearing about it. People who use voodoo get a picture of a person or make a doll, don't they? Then they put pins or knives into it, and the person feels terrible pain.'
- Voodoo is more than magic. I don't believe in magic, but I know that voodoo can be very dangerous. I want to understand how it works.
- So you think that was magic because there was no reason for it, but you're a doctor, aren't you? You don't believe in magic, do you?
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