"information is scarce here at the front , so my picture of what is going on and what has happened to my mother always feels like i am guessing in the dark ; grasping at straws with a blindfold on in the deepest of fog . i keep writing to the ministry asking them to let me know the whereabouts of the hospital she was sent to but to no avail . it no longer comes as a surprise that they do not _ ..." What is the word in the blank space (_)? The answer is
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