In order to insurance purposes, they decided to remove his bedmat.
为了保险起见,他们又决定把他床上的垫子搬走。
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I'd visited him in Chicago while he was sick, putting a mat under his hospice bed and sleeping next to him, holding his hand so I could be there in his dying moments.
All of a sudden he stooped down, removed his shoes and placed them softly on the mat beside the bed; then he resumed his thoughtful attitude, and became motionless once more.