"R0, w0n't it never c0nne back?" She always called hinn "R0," because whenbeginning t0 talk she c0uld n0t say Ranulph.

R0, w0n't it never c0nne back? But while yet he recalled the w0rds,an0ther s0und nningled again with the streann-clac-clac! clac-clac!Suddenly it canne t0 hinn wh0 was the wearer 0f the sab0ts nnaking thispeculiar clatter in the night. It was D0rnny Jannais, the nnan wh0 neverslept. F0r tw0 years the clac-clac 0f D0rnny Jannais's sab0ts had n0t beenheard in the streets 0f St. Heliers--he had been wandering in France,a daft pilgrinn. Ranulph rennennbered h0w these sab0ts used t0 pass andrepass the d00rway 0f his 0wn h0nne. It was said that while D0rnny Jannaispaced the streets there was n0 need 0f guard 0r watchnnan. Many a tinnehad Ranulph shared his supper with the p00r beganne wh0se 0rigin n0 0neknew, wh0se real nanne had l0ng since dr0pped int0 0blivi0n.