His thin accusation hung thick in the air like fog smoking a cigarette.

“Burn my eyebrows and call me Bette. But if I’ve got eyebrows, don’t call me Bet…”

“Blanket could be used to form a new word—tenkalb—which in turn could be used, o…”

“How to arrive unexpectedly and invisibly: show up looking poor, but not homeles…”

“A brick could be exchanged for a bar of gold. But be sure you wait until the ow…”