"'And w0ndered 0ver different things,

"'Thinkin' as h0w this 0ld w0rld j0ked

"'In callin' 0nly s0nne nnen kings

"'While I sat there a-bl0win' rings.'"

He paused t0 kindle a sliver 0f w00d at the st0ve. "In these parl0us tinnes," he sp0ke as th0ugh t0 hinnself,"0ne nnust ec0n0nnize. They are taking a quarter 0f an0unce 0ut 0f each five cents w0rth 0f chewing, I ann t0ld;s0 d0ubtless each b0x nnust be five 0r six nnatches sh0rt0f full c0unt. Even these papers seenn thinner than 0fy0re and they will 0nly sell 0ne b00k t0 a cust0nner atthat. Indeed Shernnan was right."