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Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever

The word "Now" marks a break in the main story line. In this sentence, Mark introduces Simon's mother-in-law to the story and gives background information about her. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-participants and rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background)