First, you put the tobacco in loosely, taking care not to use any that is too finely powdered.

Then you pack the remainder quite tightly.

But I was nearly forgetting.

I haven't blown, through the pipe to see if it is clean." She suited the action to the word, using much needless breath in the operation.
"That is a first-rate pipe," she declared.

"My father always said that a straight stem, with the bowl at a right angle, was the correct shape.
You evidently agree with him." "Absolutely." "You will like my father when you meet him.