He thought at first there was no place so healthful in the arrondissement.

By the end of the second year, he protested there was none so wholesome in the whole department.

And for some time before he met Jean-Marie he had been prepared to challenge all France and the better part of Europe for a rival to his chosen spot.
'Doctor,' he would say--'doctor is a foul word.

It should not be used to ladies.

It implies disease.