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Get somebody to help you . G ' - by . '' He drove his Teal bug out of the garage . At thirty-two minutes after twelve he was in his room , packing his wicker suitcase by the method of throwing things in and stamping on the case till it closed . In it he had absolutely all of his toilet refinements and wardrobe except the important portion already in use . They consisted , according to faithful detailed report , of four extra pairs of thick yellow and white cotton socks ; two shirts , five collars , five handkerchiefs ; a pair of surprisingly vain dancing pumps ; high tan laced boots ; three suits of cheap cotton underclothes ; his Sunday suit , which was dead black in color , and unimaginative in cut ; four ties ; a fagged toothbrush , a comb and hairbrush , a razor , a strop , shaving soap in a mug ; a not very clean towel ; and nothing else whatever . To this he added his entire library and private picture gallery , consisting of Ivanhoe , Ben-Hur , his father 's copy of Byron , a wireless manual , and the 1916 edition of Motor Construction and Repairing : the art collection , one colored Sunday supplement picture of a princess lunching in a Provençe courtyard , and a half-tone of Colonel Paul Beck landing in an early military biplane .