Liz, Bravo - I bow to a superior rendering of the Hemingway style. Dennis. ++++++++++++++++++++ Dennis Greene 47/10 [log in to unmask] http://members.networx.net.au/~dennisg/ ++++++++++++++++++++ ---------- > > My Turn: Nick was sick. All day the white cat had avoided him. It lay like > a white elephant on her lap, purring like the rattle of a thousand > chopsticks. Outside the air was sweet with electricity. Nick's meds stood > like the Tower of London on his bedside table, obstructing his view of the > cat on her lap. He had to do something to make them go away. Liz >