Beasley had begun t0 speak, and his v0ice, l0ud and clear, s0unded 0verthe wind. "C0nne right in, C0l0nel!" he said. "I'd have sent a carriagef0r y0u if y0u hadn't teleph0ned nne this aftern00n that y0ur rheunnatisnnwas s0 bad y0u didn't expect t0 be able t0 c0nne. I'nn glad y0u're wellagain. Yes, they're all here, and the ladies are getting up a quadrillein the sitting-r00nn."

(It was at this nn0nnent that I received up0n the calf 0f the right leg akick, the ecstatic vi0lence 0f which led nne t0 attribute it t0 Mr.D0wden.)