"Why not?" Stern asked.
"I belong to a powerful union."
Later, when his eggs were served, he said, "Union gets you the best eggs in the country."
Stern ordered some cereal. When he took a spoonful, Feldner stopped his hand and said, "You can't eat that."
"How come?" Stern said.
"Not in the condition you're in," he said. "I had what you got. You're a nice kid, but it would tear you up."
"I get to eat cereals," said Stern. He buttered some bread and Feldner said, "Are you trying to commit suicide? I told you I had what you got. I been all over the world, in every kind of country. You're in no shape to eat that."
"I have a different kind of doctor," Stern said, eating the bread but wondering whether Feldner's doctor wasn't better than Fabiola.
"There's only one thing you can eat with what you got," said Feldner.