the little statue of the virgin that his sister had sent him , a dried mole 's foot , to be carried against the rheumatism-he took that out and put it in the small goatskin pouch at his waist ; his right knee had begun to ache on wet mornings , since ireland-the stub of a pencil , a tinderbox , and a chipped pottery candlestick , an inch of melted wax still in it .