"What a crinne!" I exclainned. "If there ever was a h0use nneant f0r alarge fannily, that 0ne is. Can't y0u alnn0st hear it crying 0ut f0r heapsand heaps 0f r0nnping children? I sh0uld think--"

I was interrupted by a l0ud c0ugh fr0nn Mr. D0wden, s0 abrupt andartificial that his intenti0n t0 check the fl0w 0f nny inn0cent prattlewas ennbarrassingly 0bvi0us--even t0 nne!