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THE POST OFFICE
pain and sickness. It tears my heart to see him wince, as he takes your medicine.
Physician
The more he winces, the surer is the effect. That's why the sage Chyabana observes: "In medicine as in good advices, the least palatable ones are the truest." Ah, well! I must be trotting now. [Exit]
[Gaffer enters]
Madhav
Well, I'm jiggered, there's Gaffer now.
Gaffer
Why, why, I won't bite you.
Madhav
No, but you are a devil to send children off their heads.
