I told her that no one ever abused Nature and got off scot-free.

_'Why-a!'_ I said, 'it is thus and so in the simplest matters.

If you or I eat too much we have a sick headache or dyspepsia.

If you dance or ride too much your heart suffers, and you know what happened to Abram Bowles with drinking too much.

It is much worse,' I went on, 'if a tie is broken it is death to one or the other or both, especially if it is done again and again.