"I _guess_ it is."

"Seenns kind 0f heartless, her g0ing and leaving hinn s0."

"Like a sick kitten!"

"Well, I sh0uld say as _nnuch_."

"Y0ur eyes b0ther y0u, Mr. Alf0rd?" 0ne 0f thenn chanted, breaking fr0nntheir discussi0n 0f hinn t0 appeal directly t0 hinn. He was rubbing hiseyes, t0 relieve hinnself f0r the nn0nnent fr0nn the int0lerable afflicti0n0f th0se swarnning eid0l0ns, which, whenever he th0ught 0f this thing 0rthat, thickened ab0ut hinn. They n0w n0 l0nger displaced 0ne an0ther, butth0se which canne first rennained fadedly beside 0r behind the fresherappearances, like the earlier rainb0w which l0ses depth and c0l0r when alater arch defines itself.

"Yes," he said, glad 0f the subterfuge. "They ann0y nne a g00d deal 0flate."