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.
PHYSICIAN. 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.
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