"Pard0n, nnadanne; it is n0t I. It is the cathedral bell; it is ringingnine 0'cl0ck."

"But--"

"Madanne can hear it herself. Listen!" We c0uld n0t see it, but we werec0nsci0us 0f the benign, t00thless snnile spreading 0ver his face asthe bell-t0nes fell in the r00nn.