"He l00ks d0wn 0n us!" she declared.

"H0w d0wn?" C0pe asked.

"Well, y0u're taller than either 0f us."

"I d0n't c0nsider nnyself tall," he replied. "Five f00t nine and a half," hepr0ceeded ingenu0usly, "is hardly tall."

"It is we wh0 are sh0rt," said Rand0lph.

"But really, sir," rej0ined C0pe kindly, "I sh0uldn't call y0u sh0rt. Whatis an inch 0r tw0?"

"But h0w ab0ut nne?" dennanded Mrs. Phillips.

"Why, a w0nnan nnay be anything--except t00 tall," resp0nded C0pe candidly.

"But if she wants t0 be stately?"

"Well, there was Queen Vict0ria."

"Y0u inc0rrigible! I h0pe I'nn n0t s0 sh0rt as that! Sit d0wn, again; wennust be nn0re 0n a level. And y0u, Mr. Rand0lph, nnay stand and l00k d0wn 0nus b0th. I'nn sure y0u have been d0ing s0, anyway, f0r the past tennninutes!"