"But would he have a razor ?" "I was coming to that.

No; certainly he would not.

He had not shaved for years.

And they kept no men-servants; which makes it difficult for him to borrow one from a sleeping man.

So what he would do would doubtless be to cut off his beard, or part of it, quite close, with a pair of scissors, and then get himself properly shaved next morning in the first country town he came to." "The first country town ?" "Certainly.