He dusted my coat with his feather-duster, and he even dusted my boots.

He asked me how far I had been walking.

I told him all which I had said and done, thinking that it would profitably remind him of the great subject.

He roared with laughter.

"Three cheers for Gustavus;" "isn't that rich;"-- waving, all the while, the feather-duster, and breaking out with fresh peals, as I related one thing after another.