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Come, three days later, for his clothes. "Goodbye! I have other matters to see about," and, without waiting for any thanks from Soyera, he at once went into his shop, and began to talk to his assistant. Many were the scrubbings Harry had to undergo, during the next few days; and his hair and face were nearly restored to their proper colour when Soyera returned, one evening, with a coolie carrying a trunk of some size.
It contained the whole outfit for a boy: one dark suit, and four of white nankeen; with a stock of shirts, underclothing, and shoes.
Soyera showed Harry how these garments, with which he was wholly unacquainted, should be put on. "They fit you capitally," she said, when she surveyed him.
"And you look like a little English sahib." "They feel very tight and uncomfortable," he said. "They are sure to do so, at first; but you will soon get over that. Now, Ramdass will take you out for a walk for two or three hours, so that you can get accustomed to them.
I should not like you to look awkward, when you go with me to Mrs.Sankey's, tomorrow." The interview next day was altogether satisfactory.
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