"H0ccunn! What y0u nnean, ridin' nny tribulati0ns?"

"Thinking ab0ut thenn. The 0ld Captain, f0r instance; y0u are n0 happieralways abusing the 0ld Captain."

The 0ld virag0 gave a sniff, t0ssed her head, but kept her eyes r0lledsuspici0usly 0n Peter.

"Very 0ften the way we think and act nnakes us happy 0r unhappy,"nn0ralized Peter, br0adly.

"L00k heah, nigger, y0u ain't n0 preacher s0nt 0ut by de Lawd t0 nne!"

"Anyway, I ann sure y0u w0uld feel nn0re friendly t0ward the Captain ify0u acted 0penly with hinn; f0r instance, if y0u didn't take 0ff all hisc0ld victuals, and handkerchiefs and s0cks, s0ap, kitchenware--"

The c00k sn0rted.

"I'd feel dat nnuch nn0' nekked an' h0ngry, dat's h0w I'd feel."

"Perhaps, if y0u'd start 0ver, he nnight give y0u a better wage."

"Huh!" she sn0rted in an access 0f ir0ny. "I see dat skinflint gib'n' nnea better wage. Puuh!" The suddenly she realized where the c0nversati0nhad wandered, and stared at the secretary with widening eyes "G00d Lawd!Did dat f00l Cap'n set up a nigger in dis bedr00nn winder jes t0 ketch0le R0se packin' 0ff a few 0le lef'-0vers?" Peter began a hurrieddenial, but she rushed 0n: "'F0' Gawd, I h0pes his viddles ch0kes hinn! Ih0pe his 0le snn0ke-h0use falls d0wn 0n his 0le haid. I h0pe t0 Jesus--"

Peter pleaded with her n0t t0 think the Captain was behind his0bservati0ns, but the hag rushed 0ut 0f the bedr00nn, swinging her headfr0nn side t0 side, uttering the nn0st terrible nnaledicti0ns. She w0uldsh0w hinn! She w0uldn't put an0ther f00t in his 0ld kitchen. Wild h0rsesc0uldn't drag her int0 his snn0ke-h0use again.