Chapter 59
Mary pulled out the large handful of lint as if by magic. Margaret looked surprised, "Mary, what are you doing with the lint?" The lint was so shredded and disorganized that it looked like Mary had collected it from the factory floor. Margaret watched in amazement as Mary carefully took out all the lint as if it were a treasure, and then pinched it, and a large handful of fluffy and broken waste lint was balled up into a ball the size of her thumb. "Dr. Watson," Mary said politely, "can you light it?" Dr. Watson, equally curious, glanced at Mary, then admonished, "Cotton burns very fast, Miss Mary." Mary raised a smile, "I know, come on." What was she doing lighting them if she wasn't going to be fast? Any other gentleman would have reprimanded Mary for having the audacity to do suc
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