At the servant's return, Willoughby scrapes the rest of the easily-accessible sludge into the cleaning pan.
It is then down to the material stuck to the carpet fibers. The worst of it, the parts that stain, will dissolve in Korster's oil; he applies a liberal dosage and painstakingly smoothes it with the fine scrub brush. A small amount of water, treated with a few drops of extract of jabuticaba root (it's powerful stuff) should get the rest of it up onto the brush. None of this, however, will completely remove the smell; for that, lime is necessary. A light dusting of the affected area (which is already slightly damp) should suffice, but it will take a few minutes to work.
With those steps completed, Willoughby empties both serving tray and cleaning pan into the sealed barrel.
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