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Both theories are plausible enough, but the fact remains whichever we accept, and I ought to have remembered it." BOTH THEORIES ARE PLAUSIBLE ENOUGH BUT THE FACT REMAINS WHICHEVER WE ACCEPT AND I OUGHT TO HAVE REMEMBERED IT
 ignoramus; and all the more as I could, if necessary, have made them sprout by the kitchen stoves." "But do you mean to say," asked Altamont, "that you might have anticipated the sudden change?" "Of course, and without being a wizard. I ought to have put my seed under the protection of Saint Paucratius and the other two saints, whose fête days fall this month." "Absurd! Pray tell me what they have to do with it? What influence can they possibly have on the temperature?" "An immense one, if we are to believe horticulturists, who call them the patron saints of the frost." "And for what reason?" "Because generally there is a periodical frost in the month of May, and it is coldest from the 11th to the 13th. That is the fact." "And how is it explained?" "In two ways. Some say that a larger number of asteroids come between the earth and the sun at this time of year, and others that the mere melting of the snow necessarily absorbs a large amount of heat, and accounts for the low temperature. NOT HAVE WASTED MY SEED LIKE AN IGNORAMUS AND ALL THE MORE AS I COULD IF NECESSARY HAVE MADE THEM SPROUT BY THE KITCHEN STOVES BUT DO YOU MEAN TO SAY ASKED ALTAMONT THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ANTICIPATED THE SUDDEN CHANGE OF COURSE AND WITHOUT BEING A WIZARD I OUGHT TO HAVE PUT MY SEED UNDER THE PROTECTION OF SAINT PACRITIUS AND THE OTHER TWO SAINTS WHOSE FETE DAYS FALL THIS MONTH ABSURD PRAY TELL ME WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO WITH IT WHAT INFLUENCE CAN THEY POSSIBLY HAVE ON THE TEMPERATURE AN IMMENSE ONE IF WE ARE TO BELIEVE THE HORTICULTURISTS WHO CALL THEM THE PATRON SAINTS OF THE FROST AND FOR WHAT REASON BECAUSE GENERALLY THERE IS A PERIODICAL FROST IN THE MONTH OF MAY AND IT IS COLDEST FROM THE ELEVENTH TO THE THIRTEENTH THAT IS THE FACT AND HOW IS IT EXPLAINED IN TWO WAYS SOME SAY THAT A LARGER NUMBER OF ASTEROIDS COME BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE SUN AT THIS TIME OF YEAR AND OTHERS THAT THE MERE MELTING OF THE SNOW NECESSARILY ABSORBS A LARGE AMOUNT OF HEAT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE LOW TEMPERATURE
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