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Updated: June 29, 2025
Next came Hans in the filthy wide-awake hat which he usually wore and greasy corduroys and after him the oleaginous Sammy arrayed in European reach-me-downs, a billy-cock and a bright blue tie striped with red, garments that would have looked very smart had it not been for his recent immersion.
We'll start by trickling up to the old boy's suite and looking over his reach-me-downs. I know the waiter on his floor. A very sound chappie. He'll let us in with his pass-key." And so it came about that Mr.
I said something about a sea-faring brother, just my height, a trifle stouter in build lost all his kit at sea been in hospital now in convalescent home how I wanted to save him all the fatigue possible wouldn't want more than reach-me-downs at present, etc., etc.
"Persuaded!" he exploded, "A dam' queer notion of persuasion. Shanghaied, I call it. Ran me to earth at the club at five o'clock, and we sailed at eight. If my man hadn't been fond of the sea and keen on the trip himself, I should have left America for a cruise round the world in the clothes I stood up in and Jermyn's duds would be about as useful to me as a suit of reach-me-downs off the line.
Then to pack, singing; to drive back to town; to lunch late after the purchase of a suit of reach-me-downs, new hat, boots, gloves, and paletot; and last, away to the Continental train for a first look at Paris.
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