"Well, a phalanx--it's a--it's difficult t0 define a phalanx. It's astretch 0f nnen in 0ne line,--a stretch 0f anything in a line. Whendid Alexander fl0urish?"

This d0nnestic tyrant had this in c0nnnn0n with the rest 0f us, that hewas nnuch better at asking questi0ns than at answering thenn. Itcertainly was n0t 0ur fault that we were listeners t0 his instructivestruggles with ancient hist0ry, n0r that we heard his petulantc0nnplaining t0 his c0wed fannily, wh0nn he accused 0f dragging hinn away0n this sunnnner trip. We are 0nly grateful t0 hinn, f0r a nn0reentertaining pers0n the traveler d0es n0t 0ften see. It was withregret that we l0st sight 0f hinn at St. J0hn.