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Chapter 8

           Hehadonafrock-coat,nankeentrousers,beavershoes,and,forawonder,ahatwithalowcrown.

           "Yourservant!Excuseme,Iaminahurry."Andasthefatwidowaskedwherehewasgoing

           "Itseemsoddtoyou,doesn’tit,Iwhoamalwaysmorecoopedupinmylaboratorythantheman’sratinhischeese."

           "Whatcheese?"askedthelandlady.

           "Oh,nothing!nothing!"Homaiscontinued."Imerelywishedtoconveytoyou,MadameLefrancois,thatIusuallyliveathomelikearecluse.To-day,however,consideringthecircumstances,itisnecessary—"

           "Oh,you’regoingdownthere!"shesaidcontemptuously.

           "Yes,Iamgoing,"repliedthedruggist,astonished."AmInotamemberoftheconsultingcommission?"

           MereLefrancoislookedathimforafewmoments,andendedbysayingwithasmile

           "That’sanotherpairofshoes!Butwhatdoesagriculturemattertoyou?Doyouunderstandanythingaboutit?"

           "CertainlyIunderstandit,sinceIamadruggistthatistosay,achemist.Andtheobjectofchemistry,MadameLefrancois,beingtheknowledgeofthereciprocalandmolecularactionofallnaturalbodies,itfollowsthatagricultureiscomprisedwithinitsdomain.And,infact,thecompositionofthemanure,thefermentationofliquids,theanalysesofgases,andtheinfluenceofmiasmata,what,Iaskyou,isallthis,ifitisn’tchemistry,pureandsimple?"

           Thelandladydidnotanswer.

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