The Post Office by Rabindranath Tagore
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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. 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 pain and sickness. It tears my heart to see him wince, as he takes your medicine. |
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