Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, «Why?» and sometimes he thought, «Wherefore?» and sometimes he thought, «Inasmuch as which?»―and sometimes he didn’t quite know what he was thinking about.
Not that it took long to select the garments he should wear, inasmuch as he had no choice about the matter; but the putting of them on to the best advantage, and the touching of them up previously, was a task of no inconsiderable difficulty or importance.
