"Ho!" said Gosling. He leaned against the dresser; the kitchen was hot with steam, and he fumbled for a handkerchief in the pocket of his black tail coat. He produced first a large red bandanna with which he blew his nose vigorously. "Snuff 'andkerchief; brought it 'ome to be washed," he remarked, and then brought out a white handkerchief which he used to wipe his forehead. When the recital of this formula had been accomplished--it was hallowed by a precise repetition every week, and had been established now for a quarter of a century--Gosling returned to the subject in hand.…
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