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I do not see what else I can do . I thank you , sir , most kindly , and I will try to be useful , ' said the boy . ` Thank you , ' said the Doctor warmly , rising at the same time and wiping his brow , for he had suffered agonies while the thing hung in the wind . A refusal , after the scene at noon , would have placed him in a ridiculous light before Anastasie . ` How hot and heavy is the evening , to be sure ! I have always had a fancy to be a fish in summer , Jean-Marie , here in the Loing beside Gretz . I should lie under a water-lily and listen to the bells , which must sound most delicately down below .