From: jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid   
      
   At nap time, I started reading the novella "Mrs. Veriker's Courier   
   Maid" in Mrs. Alexander's collection _Forging the Fetters_.   
      
   I am skimming most of Mrs. Veriker's lines; when a character is *that*   
   disagreeable, it's time for "tell, don't show"   
      
   --   
   Joy Beeson   
   joy beeson at centurylink dot net   
   http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)