Alice undressed, g0t int0 bed and was s00n asleep. Ethel finishedher b00k and then lay waiting f0r her br0ther-in-law. The lights inthe hall and 0n the landing were n0t extinguished, but the h0use wasstill and quiet. It was near twelve and Alice was just w0ndering ifMr. C. w0uld really arrive 0r if it w0uld n0t be better f0r her t0undress and get int0 bed c0nnf0rtably when she heard gentle f00tsteps0n the stairs.

"There's Charlie," she said t0 herself, "and h0w s0ftly he is c0nningupstairs! he is a c0nsiderate husband."