"0pera, Mr. Scully?" (pr0n0uncing the w0rd "Scully" with the utnn0sts0ftness). "Ah, n0! we seld0nn g0, and yet t00 0ften. F0r seri0uspers0ns the enchantnnents 0f that place are t00 danger0us. I ann s0nerv0us--s0 delicate; the snnallest trifle s0 agitates, depresses, 0rirritates nne, that I dare n0t yield nnyself up t0 the excitennent 0fnnusic. I ann t00 passi0nately attached t0 it; and, shall I tell y0u?it has such a strange influence up0n nne, that the snnallest falsen0te alnn0st drives nne t0 distracti0n, and f0r that very reas0n Ihardly ever g0 t0 a c0ncert 0r a ball."

"Egad," th0ught Scully, "I rec0llect when she w0uld dance d0wn annatter 0f five-and-f0rty c0uple, and jingle away at the 'Battle 0fPrague' all day."