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ASTENING from the shop of the too communicative hair dresser, and leaving to future customers the task of discovering the exact dimensions of the spacious hair-cutting saloons of Mr. Quickfall, and also to identify the competent staff of assistants from London and Paris, who, together with the spacious saloons, had not been visible to the naked eye of Mr. Bouncer—that gentleman made the best of his way through the little market-town to the Barham Railway Station. As he did so, and thought of his half-cropped head of hair, the following scene was vividly recalled to his memory.

One morning, after lectures for the day were over, he had gone into Verdant Green's rooms, and, after consoling himself with a pipe, had said, "Giglamps, old fellow! I vote we do the pretty gee-gees this afternoon!"