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hial spell or char it, I recalled how he had o, and how he had described hi to his resolutions in his solitude

As he was at present dressed in a seafaring slop suit, in which he

looked as if he had soars to dispose of, I next

discussed with him what dress he should wear He cherished an

extraordinary belief in the virtues of "shorts" as a disguise, and had

in his own mind sketched a dress for hi between a dean and a dentist It ith considerable

difficulty that I won him over to the assumption of a dress ed that he should cut his hair close,

and wear a little powder Lastly, as he had not yet been seen by the

laundress or her niece, he was to keep hie of dress was made

It would seem a simple matter to decide on these precautions; but in , that I did not

get out to further them until two or three in the afternoon He was to

reone, and was on no account

to open the door