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He also showed that he was a man of considerable education and reading . He spoke English excellently , and frequently surprised me by using words one would hardly expect from a foreigner . The first one of this class of words he employed almost shocked me , and I never forgot it ; 't was `` ramify . '' We sat on the piazza until after ten o'clock . When we arose to go in to bed , it was with the understanding that I should start in the factory on the next day . I began work the next morning seated at a barrel with another boy , who showed me how to strip the stems from the leaves , to smooth out each half leaf , and to put the `` rights '' together in one pile , and the `` lefts '' together in another pile on the edge of the barrel . My fingers , strong and sensitive from their long training , were well adapted to this kind of work , and within two weeks I was accounted the fastest `` stripper '' in the factory .