Excerpt from The Tinder-Box

Also, I am glad, now that I know what is going to happen to me, that I had last week on shipboard, with Richard Hall bom barding my cardiac regions with his honest eyes and booming voice discreetly muf¿ed to accord with the moonlight and the quiet places around the deck. I may never get that sort of a joy-drink again, but it was sowell done that it will help me to admin ister the same to others when the awful oc casion arrives.

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