Because Brownlee knows why I'm looking for a cure to replace the stopgap. Brownlee knows why I gave up smoking three years ago, why I don't have any matches or lighters in the house, why I keep the ashtrays for guests only, and why, for that reason, I don't have many guests. Brownlee knows why there are only electric stoves in my apartment--never gas. Brownlee knows why my son quivers and turns his head away from a match flame. Brownlee knows why he had to put the _geas_ on Stevie. And I even think Brownlee suspects that I concealed some of the evidence in the fire that killed Stevie's mother--my wife. Yes, I'm looking for a cure. But until then, I'll be thankful for the stopgap. * * * * * End of Project Gutenberg's Nor Iron Bars a Cage...., by Gordon Randall Garrett