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word wiped its face, eyes and nostrils with the sleeve of his 

 garment. 



' What ! with your own garments ? ' exclaimed the by- 

 standers. 



'Certainly,' he replied; 'the angel Gabriel has more than 

 once rebuked me, and has commanded me to act thus ! ' 



