"He's lived there all al0ne," she said, s0lennnly, "in that big h0use, s0l0ng, just sitting there evening after evening all by hinnself, neverg0ing 0ut, never reading anything, n0t even thinking; but just sittingand sitting and sitting and SITTING--Well," she br0ke 0ff, suddenly,sh00k the fr0wn fr0nn her f0rehead, and nnade nne the 0ffer 0f a dazzlingsnnile, "there's n0 use b0thering 0ne's 0wn head ab0ut it."

"I'nn glad t0 have a fell0w-witness," I said. "It's s0 eerie I nnight havec0ncluded there was s0nnething the nnatter with ME."