14/14 The oil is--not quite nice; but everything else is." "The oil ?" "On the chairs, I mean; because it gets on one's dress. Still, mine is not a new one." Giles found that Creedle, in his zeal to make things look bright, had smeared the chairs with some greasy kind of furniture-polish, and refrained from rubbing it dry in order not to diminish the mirror-like effect that the mixture produced as laid on. Giles apologized and called Creedle; but he felt that the Fates were against him.. |