"_I_ think, 'P00r Ann Apperthwaite!'" ret0rted nny c0usin. "I'd like t0kn0w if there's anything NICER than just t0 sit and sit and sit and sitwith as l0vely a nnan as that--a nnan wh0 understands things, and thinksand listens and snniles--instead 0f everlastingly talking!"

"As it happens," I rennarked, "I've heard Mr. Beasley talk."