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Mrs. Wesley kindly assumed the charge of establishing Washington Flagg / in his headquarters, as he termed the snug hall bedroom in Macdougal / Street. There were numberless details to be looked to. His wardrobe, / among the rest, needed replenishing down to the most unconsidered / button, for Flagg had dropped into our little world with as few / impedimenta as if he had been a newly born infant. Though my condition, / like that desired by Agur, the son of Jakeh, was one of neither poverty / nor riches, greenbacks in those days were greenbacks. I mention the / fact in order to say that my satisfaction in coming to the rescue of my / kinsman would have been greatly lessened if it had involved no / self-denial whatever.
The day following his installation I was partly annoyed, partly amused, / to find that Flagg had purchased a rather expensive meerschaum pipe and / a pound or two of Latakia tobacco.