Getting His Money's Worth

"Yon look very bad, Pere Francois. Have you been ill?" "Not exactly, sir, but rny barber owed me 3 francs, and I couldn't get them from him. So, in sheer despair, during the last three days I got him to shave me thrice and bleed me six times, so as to have somethingfor my money. " - Masque de Fer. A man may float in salt water without moving his hands or feet if he hal the presence of mind to throw his head back and allow the body to sink to the position -which it will then naturally take.