Excerpt from His First Leave
The patient very naturally protested at giving these kind ladies any further trouble, and wouldn't hear of Miss Grant so far incommoding herself as to stand up in a swaying carriage to hold his head. But there was that about the little girl which suggested she was accustomed to having her own way: the assistance of Miss Grant was en listed: that lady held his head as in a vice: he held the operator very steady indeed, and in three minutes the piece of coal was displayed to his admiring gaze, reposing on the torn margin of his newspaper. He blew his nose for the last time that journey, and they all three settled into their places feeling very friendly.
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