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| 7 | 617 | The moist thread, of View more quotes about course">course, as well as being easier to work with, tends to shrink in drying and make tighter stitches. |
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| 7 | 614 | The warmth and saliva in the mouth keeps the string moist and pliable. |
| 7 | 615 | The thrusting end is twisted and wet. |
| 7 | 616 | It is then thrust through holes punched in the leather with a metal or bone awl. |
| 7 | 617 | The moist thread, of course, as well as being easier to work with, tends to shrink in drying and make tighter stitches. |
| 7 | 618 | With the ball of hide string in the mouth, of course, it is difficult to speak. |
| 7 | 619 | When a woman, then, finds herself being advised by her man to attend to her sewing, she understands, well enough, that it is now time for her to be silent. |
| 7 | 620 | She has been, in effect, ordered to put a gag in her own mouth. |