Grand stopped abruptly and seized the doctor by a button of his coat. The words came stumbling out of his almost toothless mouth. “I’d like you to understand, doctor. I grant you it’s easy enough to choose between a ‘but’ and an ‘and.’ It’s a bit more difficult to decide between ‘and’ and ‘then.’ But definitely the hardest thing may be to know whether one should put an ‘and’ or leave it out.” “Yes,” Rieux said, “I see your point.”
