It takes two thicknesses to force the sheet down on the face of the types and get a good impression.

The boss is only a politician, not a printer, so this explanation does him.

While he's locking up the galleys again, I get away with these.

You see, with two thicknesses of paper, the types cut through; it makes a stencil of it.

With a little light behind, the stencil shows up as well as a regular proof.