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THE POST OFFICE
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Physician
What else can you do? The autumn sun and the damp are both very bad for the little fellow—for the scriptures have it:
"In wheezing, swoon or in nervous fret,
In jaundice or leaden eyes———"
Madhav
Never mind the scriptures, please. Eh, then we must shut the poor thing up. Is there no other method?
Physician
None at all: for, “In the wind and in the sun———”
Madhav
What will your “in this and in that” do for me now? Why don't you let them alone and come straight to the point? What's to be done then? Your system is very, very hard for the poor boy; and he is so quiet too with all his
