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While he is stooping down rubbing his feet, it throws itself with delirious joy around his head, and he is black in the face before he can struggle away from its embrace. When he is least expecting anything of the kind, it flies round and gives him a playful flick upon some particularly tender part of his body that sends him springing with a yell ten feet up into the air. WHILE HE IS STOOPING DOWN RUBBING HIS FEET IT THROWS ITSELF WITH DELIRIOUS JOY AROUND HIS HEAD AND HE IS BLACK IN THE FACE BEFORE HE CAN STRUGGLE AWAY FROM ITS EMBRACE WHEN HE IS LEAST EXPECTING ANYTHING OF THE KIND IT FLIES ROUND AND GIVES HIM A PLAYFUL FLICK UPON SOME PARTICULARLY TENDER PART OF HIS BODY THAT SENDS HIM SPRINGING WITH A YELL TEN FEET UP INTO THE AIR
r thing is a towel. To dry oneself upon a sheet needs special training and unusual agility. A Nautch Girl or a Dancing Dervish would, no doubt, get through the performance with credit. They would twirl the sheet gracefully round their head, draw it lightly across their back, twist it in waving folds round their legs, wrap themselves for a moment in its whirling maze, and then lightly skip away from it, dry and smiling. But that is not the manner in which the dripping, untaught Briton attempts to wipe himself upon a sheet. The method he adopts is, to clutch the sheet with both hands, lean up against the wall, and rub himself with it. In trying to get the thing round to the back of him, he drops half of it into the water, and from that moment the bathroom is not big enough to enable him to get away for an instant from that wet half. When he is wiping the front of himself with the dry half, the wet half climbs round behind, and, in a spirit of offensive familiarity, slaps him on the back. S NO DOUBT THAT THE PROPER THING IS A TOWEL TO DRY ONESELF UPON A SHEET NEEDS SPECIAL TRAINING AND UNUSUAL AGILITY A NOUCH GIRL OR A DANCING DERVISH WOULD NO DOUBT GET THROUGH THE PERFORMANCE WITH CREDIT THEY WOULD TWIRL THE SHEET GRACEFULLY ROUND THEIR HEAD DRAW IT LIGHTLY ACROSS THEIR BACK TWIST IT IN WAVING FOLDS ROUND THEIR LEGS WRAP THEMSELVES FOR A MOMENT IN ITS WHIRLING MAZE AND THEN LIGHTLY SKIP AWAY FROM IT DRY AND SMILING BUT THAT IS NOT THE MANNER IN WHICH THE DRIPPING UNTAUGHT BRITTON ATTEMPTS TO WIPE HIMSELF UPON A SHEET THE METHOD HE ADOPTS IS TO CLUTCH THE SHEET WITH BOTH HANDS LEAN UP AGAINST THE WALL AND RUB HIMSELF WITH IT IN TRYING TO GET THE THING ROUND TO THE BACK OF HIM HE DROPS HALF OF IT INTO THE WATER AND FROM THAT MOMENT THE BATHROOM IS NOT BIG ENOUGH TO ENABLE HIM TO GET AWAY FOR AN INSTANT FROM THAT WET HALF WHEN HE IS WIPING THE FRONT OF HIMSELF WITH THE DRY HALF THE WET HALF CLIMBS ROUND BEHIND AND IN A SPIRIT OF OFFENSIVE FAMILIARITY SLAPS HIM ON THE BACK
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