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When the towels and other articles did require laundering , he managed it in a wash-basin . On the first night , he only unpacked and arranged his things , and slept . At daylight he sat down before a mirror , and began to design his new physiognomy with the make-up pencils . By noon he was ready to lay aside the pencils and substitute instruments of more lasting effect . Do n't fear , Miss Hill , that I 'm going to describe his operations in detail . I 'll pass them over entirely , merely saying that after two days of work he was elated with the results he could already foresee upon the healing of the cuts . Such pain as there was , he had braced himself to endure .