Re: At Jerom's Manor

[Michael Kelly <miteke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thrash looks excited, then confused for a moment, then asks, "This 
letter. Is sound like EhSSsss or like eSSssSSSs or like eessSSSssshh? 
Say letter again!" As he asks the question, his forked toungue goes 
through some mysterious gyrations. You are beginning to think that S was 
the WRONG letter to choose to teach. It's a good thing no one here has a 
fear of snakes.

> Jorem jumped at Thrash's shout and knocked a pile of papers off the
> table.  He muttered a minute as he picked them up, and then stood and
> looked at the creature.
>
> "Another letter you can learn is 'S' for speaking 'softly,'" he said.
>
> Jerom grabbed a scrap of paper and a quill from a desk along one wall
> and with a flourish, drew the letter 'S.'.  Then he handed the scrap to
> Thrash.
>
> "Study that for a while, and please, no more outbursts."
>