The very smart practitioners of my acquaintance do not rest their right hand on old dusty knowledge, but bend and move along a ground of being in which they are perpetually on the lookout for what is trusty and true, new and old.

...the toilet-glass on the table...had probably reflected few such faces as that of the lady calling herself Mrs. Lloyd, who looked attentively into it when she found herself alone and decided that she was not so very dusty, considering

One morning, I said to a patient: "How are you today, Mrs. White?" And she replied "Not so dusty - quite well brushed."

"Never mind," she ventured, "but thanks for the compliment. You're not so dusty yourself!"

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