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unpacks the bag to get the brush and uses it. As it is the last thing that
comes out of the bag and he has repacked the bag, he forgets packing it
again. At the last moment, he rushes to his room to get the brush and,
finally, he wraps it in his handkerchief and carries it to the railway station
in his hand.

Of course I had to turn every mortal thing out now, and, of course, I
could not find it. I rummaged the things up into much the same state that
they must have been before the world was created, and when chaos
reigned. Of course, I found George’s and Harris’s eighteen times over,
but I couldn’t find my own. I put the things back one by one, and held
everything up and shook it. Then I found it inside a boot. I repacked
once more.

mortal thing: every ordinary thing
Rummaged: searched in a hurried or careless way
Chaos: confusion
Reigned: ruled

As Jerome was looking for his toothbrush in his bag, he had to remove
everything but he could not find it. He created a mess. He found his
friend’s brushes many times but could not find his brush. He kept
everything back into the bag one by one, shaking each item, and finally,
found the brush inside a boot. Then once again, he repacked the bag.

When I had finished, George asked if the soap was in. I said I didn’t care
a hang whether the soap was in or whether it wasn’t; and I slammed the
bag shut and strapped it, and found that I had packed my spectacles in
it, and had to re-open it. It got shut up finally at 10.05 p.m., and then
there remained the hampers to do. Harris said that we should be
wanting to start in less than twelve hours’ time and thought that he and
George had better do the rest; and I agreed and sat down, and they had
a go.

didn’t care a hang: show no concern or interest
Slammed: shut the lid forcefully and loudly
Hampers: baskets used to carry food, utensils, etc.

Now when Jerome closed the bag, George asked if the soap was there
inside it. As Jerome was impatient, he replied that he wasn’t concerned
if it was there or not, closed the lid and strapped the bag. Then he
realized that he had packed his spectacle in it too and had to open it
again to get them. Finally, the bag was closed at 10:05PM. Then they
had to pack the food baskets. Harris said that as they were left with less
than twelve hours to leave, they should pack the baskets as well. Harris
decided that the food baskets would be packed by him and George.
Jerome agreed to take his turn for some rest while his friends packed
the baskets.