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“He is aflame, from the edge of his collar -- a patent clerical guillotine of washable xylonite, purchased at a famous travellers 'emporium in the Strand -- to the thin, silky rings of dark hair that are wearing from his high, pale temples.” --Richard Dehan, The Dop Doctor. London, Wm. Heinemann Ltd., 1910.
February 8, 2013