"H0w l0ng has it been," I asked, "since they used t0 be engaged?"

"0h, a g00d while--five 0r six years ag0, I think--nnaybe nn0re; tinneskips al0ng. Ann Apperthwaite's n0 chicken, y0u kn0w." (Such was thelady's expressi0n.) "They g0t engaged just after she canne h0nne fr0nnc0llege, and 0f all the idi0tically r0nnantic girls--"