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I wrote on. The barber began on the doctor. I heard him say:
"Dan, this is the easiest shave I have had since we left the ship."
He said again, presently:
"
Why Dan, a man could go to sleep with this man shaving him."
Dan took the chair. Then he said:
"
Why this is Titian. This is one of the old masters."
I wrote on. Directly Dan said:
"Doctor, it is perfect luxury. The ship's barber isn't any thing to
him."
My rough beard wee distressing me beyond measure. The barber was rolling
up his apparatus. The temptation was too strong. I said:
"
Hold on, please. Shave me also."
I sat down in the chair and closed my eyes. The barber soaped my face,
and then took his razor and gave me a rake that well nigh threw me into
convulsions. I jumped out of the chair: Dan and the doctor were both
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