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fixed upon a few points, and a drop or two too 

 mucli of certain things spoils it all. In nature a 

 drop or two too much, does not matter ; we quickly 

 escape, we find compensation. A had odor in the 

 open air is of little consequence ; hut in Zola's 

 hooks the had odors are as in a closed room, and we 

 soon pray to he delivered from them. 



