And, as he spoke, the brass knocker sounded on the door.
Thus endeth "The Hole in the Water-skin."
III
DR PIECRAFT CLEARS HIS MIND
Throughout the whole of this long prelection Dr Phippeny Piecraft had scarcely moved a muscle, listening with ever deeper attention as the story went on. Once only had he interrupted the reader.
"You are coming now," he had said, "to the deleted passage about Dual Personality. Don't forget to read it."
"Pardon me," said the young man, "I passed that point some minutes since. The writer had pencilled against the passage, 'Omit, spoils the unity.' So, from respect to his wishes, I left it out."
"It was well done," Piecraft had answered. "Unity is all-important. Proceed."