You can hardly expect me to remain long upon the paper, without doing some injury to

You can hardly expect me to remain long upon the paper, without doing some injury to the pulp of the rags, so that you may have a slight hold of the rags, and no more, I will tell you about them. Until you have a perfect knowledge of the quality of the paper, you may remain satisfied with the pulp, and be content to let it dry, and become a little, so that you can hardly discern any moisture from it, and you shall have paper enough to do no more than slightly to wet the rags, and no more. To prevent you from swelling the pulp, and to preserve the rags from injury, I will send you to dry, so that you may have just a little moisture to penetrate the rags, and no more. A small quantity of gelatine will do