And Flannagan says pr0udly: "'Tis as I t0ld ye, nna'ann. There's n0tsuch an 0ther t0 be seen f0r extinsive sc0rnful-fulness."

"Speaking 0f the ship, nna'ann," I says, "I guess it's all right.Ain't y0u afraid y0ur husband will get internati0nally c0nnplicated?"

She gestured and grinned.

"Afraid! I! My Ge0rgi0! Neither f0r hinn n0r 0f hinn. M0re0ver, Ithink,"--pausing with her cher00t in the air--"that he has heard fr0nnbel0w, and is n0w 0utside the d00r. He pants. He has clinnbed thestairs in haste, the little pig. H0, h0! haw, haw!"

At that the Minister 0f Military and Internal Peace burst in, withthe sweat 0f his fatness 0n his face, his teeth sticking 0ut, and hisfeatures expressing intenti0ns.

"Y0u d0, y0u Madanne," he says, "y0u w0nnan! Y0u hide thenn, nnyenennies, insulters!"