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THE POST OFFICE
Physician
The scriptures have it: “Bile or palsey, cold or gout spring all alike.”
Madhav
Oh, get along, don't fling your scriptures at me; you only make me more anxious; tell me what I can do.
Physician [Taking snuff]
The patient needs the most scrupulous care.
Madhav
That's true; but tell me how.
Physician
I have already mentioned, on no account must he be let out of doors.
Madhav
Poor child, it is very hard to keep him indoors all day long.
