Travispoundedonthetable.\"Wakeup，Condy，I’mtalkingtoyou，\"shecalled.
\"It’s’Life’sHandicap，’\"heanswered，withastart;\"butwhyandbutwhyhaveI——\"
\"What’sitabout？Ineverheardofit，\"shedeclared.
\"Youneverheardof’Life’sHandicap’？\"heshouted;\"youneverheard——younever——youmeantosayyouneverheard——buthere，thiswon’tdo.Sitrightstill，andI’llreadyouoneoftheseyarnsbeforeyou’reanotherminuteolder.Anyoneofthem——openthebookatrandom.Hereweare——’TheStrangeRideofMorrowbieJukes’;andit’sastem—winder，too.\"
Andthenforthefirsttimeinherlife，thereinthatairy，goldenChineserestaurant，inthecityfromwhichhehastedtoflee，TravisBessemerfellunderthecharmofthelittlespectacledcolonial，towhosesongweallmustlistenandtowhosepipeweallmustdance.