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The following day the rear room of what had been the Blodgett suite of offices in the post-office building was scrubbed and swept. Eliab Gibbons did the scrubbing and sweeping. Mr. Gibbons was regularly employed for three days of the week about the grounds of the Truman estate on the Old Ostable Road, but during the other three working days he was open to engagement for odd jobs. He was a close friend of Ebenezer Tadgett, and it was the latter who summoned him for this particular job. Banks Bradford, watching the cleaning process, suggested that washing the windows might be an improvement.
Eliab regarded the windows with languid interest. "I don't know but you're right!" he drawled thoughtfully. "You could see out of 'em better, I suppose, if some of the crust was rubbed off."