[W]hen he came out of the anaesthetic the first thing he said was, 'What a man Ernesto would be if he could only write.'

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Luis Miguel Dominguin had undergone surgery after being wounded in a bullfight. From the context it is clear that his remark about Hemingway was a joke.

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