I do n't know as I shall tell him so , though .<br>He 'll just have to take it for granted .<br>Well , Anne , dearie , it 's a mercy the Lord does n't answer all our prayers .<br>I 've been praying hard right along that the operation would n't cure Dick .<br>Of course I did n't put it just quite so plain .
One of the speakers hopes Dick experiences a lack of health.
Hoping that Dick doesn't pull through an operation is definitely a lack of health.