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passion. Its seat is in the heart; there it
must be sought and there it must be cured.
Its cause is love, fear, vanity, ambition,
remorse. It displays itself by the same
symptoms as passion generally; sometimes
by joy, gayety, daring, and noise; sometimes by timidity, sadness, and silence."
During the reading, Francois seemed to
grow quiet and drop asleep. " Bravo!"
thought M. Morlot. "Here's a miracle
performed by medicine already: it puts a
man to sleep who has been neither hungry
nor drowsy." Francois was not asleep,
but he played possum to perfection. He
nodded at proper intervals, and regulated
the heavy monotone of his breathing with
mathematical accuracy. Uncle Morlot was
taken in: he continued reading in a subdued voice, then yawned, then stopped
reading, then let his book slip down, then
shut his eyes, and then went sound asleep,
much to the satisfaction of his nephew,