The diffuse and atmospheric comfort of the small but bright gramophone sound corresponds to the humming gaslight and is not entirely foreign to the whistlingteakettleof bygone literature.
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He hears a whistling noise and goes out to the kitchen where someone has put ateakettleon the stove.
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He turns off the stove and burns his hand on theteakettle.
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